Brock Lesnar appeared on Sportscenter this morning to discuss his upcoming fight at UFC 200, and announced that the contract has been signed, and he will be fighting Mark Hunt (12-10-1) on July 9th. Hunt has won his last two fights inside the octagon, with his last victory coming over Frank Mir at UFC Fight Night on March 20th, 2016.
When asked whether he would be able to walk away from the octagon if he is victorious, Lesnar admitted that it may just “be a tease”, but that he won’t know whether he will be able to walk away from the octagon until after the fight.
When asked about the Ariel Helwani situation, regarding Helwani being banned from the UFC for life for breaking the news Lesnar was returning to the UFC, Lesnar stated that he “doesn’t know who that is”, and that he could not speak on that situation because he knew nothing about it.
Also, Lesnar was asked about Conor McGregor’s claims that McGregor is a bigger box office and PPV draw than Lesnar. Lesnar said that if McGregor wanted to say that, he didn’t care, and that those type of titles do not interest him.