The return of Brock Lesnar at UFC 200 was announced at UFC 199 on Saturday night. Even color commentator Joe Rogan didn’t know it was coming. The next question of course is who would be the opponent.
The hardcore fanbase on the UnderGround set on three choices. First choice, by far, was Fedor Emelianenko. If dreams don’t actually come true, then Shane Carwin or Mark Hunt would fit the bill delightfully.
In his first interview since his return to the UFC was announced, Lesnar appeared on the 10 a.m. ET edition of ESPN SportsCenter on Monday, June 6, for a Face to Face interview with anchor Hannah Storm, and announced his opponent.
The former UFC heavyweight champion said the true competitor in him is still alive and well and named his opponent.
IT’S MARK HUNT!!!
And given the return of Shane Carwin to the UFC’s official roster, it looks like he may well be the back up.
UFC 200 will now be the biggest MMA event in the history of the world.
UFC 200: Cormier vs. Jones 2
July 9, 2016
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Light Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Jon Jones (ic)
Heavyweight Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt
Women’s Bantamweight Miesha Tate (c) vs. Amanda Nunes
Featherweight José Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar [c]
Heavyweight Cain Velasquez vs. Travis Browne
Women’s Bantamweight Cat Zingano vs. Julianna Peña
Welterweight Johny Hendricks vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw vs. Raphael Assunção
Lightweight Sage Northcutt vs. Enrique Marín
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi vs. Derek Brunson
Lightweight Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Lauzon
Lightweight Jim Miller vs. Takanori Gomi
