‘I’m too old’ – WWE star Brock Lesnar rules out UFC comeback and says ‘that door is closed’ despite praising Dana White
BROCK LESNAR is ‘too old’ for a UFC comeback as he admitted: ‘That door is closed’.
The WWE superstar first joined the UFC in 2008 and went on to reign as the heavyweight champion.
Lesnar featured on eight UFC pay-per-views, headlining six and ranking as one of their highest-paid fighters.
The American enjoyed a good relationship with UFC president Dana White as well as former owners Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta.
But he ruled out ever returning to the octagon, no matter how well White treated him.
Lesnar, 44, told The New York Post: “That door is closed. You know what, Dana White, the Fertitta brothers were exceptional to me.”
Lesnar debuted in the UFC as just a 1-0 MMA fighter, beating Min-Soo Kim in 2007.
But he was beaten by Frank Mir in 2008 which could have ended his UFC run before it ever got started.
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After beating Heath Herring, 43, and then Randy Couture, 58, for the title, Lesnar would defeat Mir in a rematch, before getting a win over Shane Carwin, 47.
But consecutive losses to Cain Velasquez, 39, and then Alistair Overeem, 41, saw Lesnar announce his MMA retirement.
A brief return in 2016 would follow at UFC 200, where Lesnar beat Mark Hunt, 47, but the points win was overturned to a no-contest following a failed drug test.
The pro wrestling legend then flirted with another comeback in 2018 to face then-champ Daniel Cormier, 42, only to re-sign with the WWE.
And Lesnar claimed that is where he will be staying for the rest of his career.
He said: “I’m too old. That’s a young man’s sport, and that door is closed. I’m Brock Lesnar, the WWE Superstar.”