Brock Lesnar Rumor

[Mr. C]

Originally Posted by Next Big Thing That's all fine and good in fantasy, reality is if Brock Lesnar beats Alistair Overeem in December he won't be going to the Royal Rumble to hype a Wrestlemania match with the Undertaker. Hell, Lesnar's next fight might even be the same month as Wrestlemania. Again, the idea works for wrestling fans and the WWE, but for Dana White and the UFC it does nothing. The only way Brock goes back to wrestle for the WWE is if he retires from MMA or loses badly to Overeem and gets cut.

Agree 100%. That fight is a #1 contender's bout for the Heavyweight title. If Lesnar wins, he's likely re-signing so he can fight Velasquez/Dos Santos for the title. However, if he loses, most likely he'll leave the UFC for WrestleMania.

I think that's the other thing. Dana may know it's fake, but I think he'd still have a problem with his biggest star in "for real" fighting losing to a 50 year old man in "fake fighting." The headlines in the MMA world and on sites like ESPN would be a joke after that.

Didn't stop him from signing him the first time. I mean, the guy was 1-0 and widely known at the time as "the wrestler." What did Dana do next? Put him in the main event of a pay-per-view with Frank Mir. As far as losing in a WWE ring, everyone knows that a loss to Undertaker is scripted and wouldn't hurt Lesnar. Again, wrestling for two years didn't hurt him.