8 Intriguing Implications Of Brock Lesnar At UFC 200

It’s no secret that Lesnar felt he left something behind in the octagon, that his bout with diverticulitis robbed him of not only victories against men he could have beaten, but a more glorious career in the sport overall.

It’s why he agonised for what he says was a full year before committing himself to the WWE and deciding not to sign a new contract with the UFC. Given that, at least this elusive ‘one more match’ will provide Brock with closure and allow him to satisfy himself that, post-recovery, he still had it in him to go toe-to-toe with the best.

Or will it? No one has a higher opinion of Brock Lesnar's abilities than Brock Lesnar. He was desperate for that rematch with Frank Mir precisely because he felt that Mir was so far beneath him: he had contempt for the man, and made a silly mistake.

Lesnar's made it clear that he's always felt that he could have done more in the UFC. In agreeing to give him that comeback bout, has Vince McMahon now opened Lesnar up to that possibility all over again, kickstarted the Lesnar/UFC dream?

Certainly, it's been his dream for a while to be able to work for both the WWE and the UFC: to get the best of both worlds, and the money that would come along with it. Certainly if he did, he wouldn’t be the only fighter ever who ran a parallel pro wrestling career - it’s a reasonably common dual career path - but he’d probably be the biggest and best paid name to do so.

If fighting Mark Hunt at UFC200 gives Lesnar the MMA bug again, can WWE hold onto him without backing down and agreeing to a non-exclusive deal? They didn’t get their own way last time he decided he wanted out… and if all this is Lesnar’s idea, then it marks maybe the fourth time that he’s negotiated new terms with Vince McMahon and got everything he wanted.