Manager: Door open for Lesnar return
Paul Heyman: “If Brock Lesnar wants to fight in UFC, Brock Lesnar will fight in UFC. If Brock Lesnar wants to fight in WWE, he will fight in WWE.”
Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is one of the greatest pay per view television draws in the sport’s history. And with Conor McGregor boxing, Jon Jones Jon Jonesing, Ronda Rousey rasslin, and Georges St-Pierre ill, the league could use him. In a recent interview with TMZ Sports, Lesnar’s friend and manager Paul Heyman said Lesnar is open to a return.
I think Brock Lesnar does whatever Brock Lesnar wants to do, said Heyman, as transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting. If Brock Lesnar wants to fight in UFC, Brock Lesnar will fight in UFC. If Brock Lesnar wants to fight in WWE, he will fight in WWE. Ask Braun Strowman, ask Randy Orton, ask ‘The Undertaker,’ Brock Lesnar does what Brock Lesnar wants to do.
The time away actually makes him better because it gives his body gets a chance to heal. The problem with these UFC fighters – and they are all fantastic athletes, top of the line in the entire world – is that they wear their body’s down in these training camps. All these guys that are cutting weight are just destroying their own bodies. Brock Lesnar is probably the healthiest fighter to enter UFC if he decides to do that.
He’s always ready.
Lesnar was suspended for one year by USADA after failing an anti-doping test for Clomphene at UFC 200. Athletes are required to stay in the testing pool, or the suspension tolls. It currently has six months left. UFC president Dana White has said he expects to see Lesnar fight this year. If that’s going to happen, Lesnar has to get back into the testing pool soon.