Dana White Says “Brock Lesnar’s Coming Back” to UFC

UFC president Dana White was interviewed on FOX Sports’ UFC Tonight today and was asked if Brock Lesnar is coming back to UFC.

Dana White first laughed, then said, “Yeah, Brock Lesnar’s coming back. I don’t know when, but yes, he is.”

In February, two days after posting a photo of himself with Lesnar, White said that the chances of Lesnar coming back to the UFC are “very, very, very good.”

MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani added this:

According to multiple sources, this isn’t promoter talk from White. UFC is confident Lesnar will be back after his WWE duties are wrapped up on Sunday. A deal is in place. Key now is to finalize it. https://t.co/ttaxduf15J

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 5, 2018

Paul Heyman also said the other day that Lesnar is “most likely” leaving WWE. And it’s been said that WWE is under the assumption that Lesnar will leave, though they are expected to attempt to keep him. There’s always the chance that Lesnar could be using the UFC for leverage to get an even better deal from WWE.

Brock’s WWE contract expires after WrestleMania. Lesnar still has seven months left of his USADA drug test suspension, which begins once he re-enters the USADA testing pool, so if Lesnar does decide to return to the UFC, it’ll still be a while before he fights, but he could potentially fight by the end of this year.