Brock Lesnar may be dominating WWE right now but according to him, if not for his condition, he may still be in the UFC banging heads and winning championships.
According to Yahoo! Sports, despite only competing in the leading mixed martial arts league for a few short years, Brock Lesnar has made quite an impression and a big impact.
Just with his fourth professional fight, Lesnar already became the UFC Heavyweight champ when he knocked out Randy Couture at the UFC 91 in 2008. But by 2011, he retired.
With just eight fights in his entire mixed-martial arts career, Lesnar went to the top of the sport and became a must-see pay-per-view attraction every time he stepped inside the ring. His dominance was quick and brutal but his departure, just as much.
He suffered back-to-back losses at the hands of Cain Velasquez and Alistair Overeem and it seems, those two losses were enough to have any fighter think about retirement. However, Lesnar said that what really pushed him to retire was his well-documented battle with the digestive disease diverticulitis.
A disease so serious and painful that Lesnar had almost a foot of his colon removed in the summer of 2011. After the surgery, he was never the same fighter again and after a few months, he retired from the UFC after his loss to Overeem and rejoined the WWE after being offered a lucrative contract.
As reported by Bloody Elbow, Lesnar appeared to Stone Cold Steve Austin's podcast and spoke about his condition and how close he is from returning to the UFC.
The wrestler said, "It wasn't a bluff. I felt robbed by diverticulitis. I felt robbed by being sick. I was feeling good and it took me a couple years to start feeling good. I'm at home, I'm working out, my life is great, everything's in tune, my contract's coming to an end with WWE, hey it's been a great time but something's missing."
Lesnar further added, "I was up front and totally honest with the company and told them I'm really thinking of pursuing getting back in the Octagon."
In a related report by MMA Junkie, Lesnar said that he started training camp because he wanted to test himself and see where he was — not just physically, but mentally as well.
"I wanted to see the mental challenges that it was going to take. If your head's not in the game, the last place you want to get into is in the Octagon."
