Brock Lesnar is coming back.
Thanks to what Lesnar described as a “miracle” during an appearance on SportsCenter this morning, Brock will not need major surgery that would have removed his a part of his colon and effectively ended his career.
Lesnar said he lost nearly 40 pounds after missing nearly three weeks of training camp and during an 11-day hospitalization and was told by multiple doctors that surgery was unavoidable. The champion said he continued to hold out hope that he could avoid an invasive procedure – which he says would have removed a portion of his colon and would have been career-ending – and through what he classified as “a miracle,” a follow-up appointment on Jan. 5 showed his body had begun to heal itself.
“[The doctors] were dumbfounded,” Lesnar said. “They couldn’t find any problem in my stomach. It’s just a miracle to me.
“I actually had to go to the doctor yesterday before I came out here and get another CT scan on my stomach because I just still can’t believe it.”
“Lets be clear with that: I still am the UFC heavyweight champion,” Lesnar said.
Dana White, who appeared with Lesnar on SportsCenter, did not name a specific date or event for Brock’s return but did expect him back in the Octagon sometime this summer. He will face the Mir-Carwin winner from UFC 111, and if for some reason the winner is unable to face Lesnar this summer, the Nogueira-Velasquez winner would get the nod. Lesnar says he has already regained 30 pounds since being sick.
A conference call is scheduled for later today to shed further light on the situation.
Update: Added video of their appearance above.
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I hate the dude, but that’s pretty cool.
I’m not a Brock Lesnar fan, but I am a fan of people have the freedom and ability to do what they love, so yeah, it’s definitely cool.
Hope he comes back and the planets align and he kills fedor.
Sorry Miko, Mir will beat Lesnar and will face Fedor
I still want to see Big Nog vs. Brock!
Mir vs Fedor would be sick too!
I can’t stress enough how bad I want to see both those fights. Actually I think I want to see Fedor-Mir more than Fedor-Brock with all the trash Mir has been talking about Fedor.
Mir-Carwin will be very interesting. I guess Mir will be around – 150. If Mir beats Carwin like Kongo, Lesnar will then be a huge underdog in July.
Between these 4, I rank them as follows (as of today)
1 – Fedor
2 – Mir (not much behind Fedor)
3 – Carwin (not much behind Mir)
4 – Lesnar (lighter and more ring-rusted than last year)
What do you think?
Not sure how you can Rank Mir above Lesnar. Did you see their last fight?? Not sure how ya got Carwin up there above him either. Fedor is a obvious choice for #1 but Id still say Lesnar breaks his little ass!
I want to see Brock smash Mir’s face in for a 3rd time. He did it in the 1st fight until he got caught in that kneebar. Did it a 2nd time in their rematch until the ref stopped it, preventing anymore damage to Mir’s face. As much as I want to see Carwin and Mir go at it…I enjoy the sight of that loud mouth Mir getting acquainted with Lesnar’s GnP.