Brock Lesnar holds a unique place in both MMA and pro wrestling, and when the finish line for his WWE contract came into sight earlier this year, a return to the UFC became a real possibility.
It began feeling like something of an inevitability, however, whenLesnar was spotted at UFC 184. Unfortunately, when he re-upped with the WWE just days before WrestleMania 31, many questioned whether he was ever truly serious about rebooting his MMA career.
Seven quiet months now separate him from one of the biggest decisions of his athletic career. With that in mind, the former UFC heavyweight champ opened up to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in an interview on theWWE Network, and he wants to make one thing clear. He was serious about returning to the UFC.
"It wasn't a bluff," Lesnar said (h/t to FoxSports.com's Damon Martin for the transcription). "I felt robbed by diverticulitis. I felt robbed by being sick. I was feeling good and it took me a couple years to start feeling good."
It's not an unfamiliar discussion when it comes to Lesnar. Twice during his career in MMA, he missed significant time due to illness. That has made a full-strength Lesnar one of the greatest "what if" stories in MMA.
That this actually grates on Lesnar himself, however, is something that we haven't heard before. The same goes for the fact that he was so convinced that he was going to leave the WWE following WrestleMania 31 that he actually began MMA training again.
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