Brock Lesnar to Return in Summer to Face Mir/Carwin Winner
UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN’s Sportscenter this morning for their first public comments since Lesnar had to cancel a scheduled November title defense.
During the seven minute interview, Lesnar described in detail how sick he became and how close his career came to being over. He also ripped into the Canadian health care system (but failed to mention it was American doctors who misdiagnosed him to begin with). The doctors decided against doing a possible career-ending surgery and instead waited to see if Lesnar could begin to heal on his own.
Lesnar began to heal on his own, and a recent trip to the doctor and further testing revealed that no surgery was needed and that he had healed on his own. Dana White called it a “miracle.” During the ordeal, Lesnar dropped 40 pounds, though he added that he’s been able to gain about 30 pounds back so far.
Lesnar emphasized that he still is the UFC heavyweight champion, and White announced plans to have Lesnar take on the winner of the Frank Mir/Shane Carwin interim title fight that is scheduled to take place at UFC 111 in March. No exact date was given, but White said it would be during the summer. White also added that if the winner of Mir or Carwin is unable to face Lesnar, Cain Velasquez or Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira could step in to face Lesnar.
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