Brock Lesnar UFC Return Denied Despite Alistair Overeem Callout

Brock Lesnar’s UFC return is apparently a point of confusion, especially after being called out by Alistair Overeem.

In a related reported by The Inquisitr, apparently at one point Dwayne Johnson was scheduled to take on Brock Lesnar for WrestleMania 30, but an injury to the Rock nixed those plans. So other rumors insist that Brock Lesnar VS Undertaker are more likely while some hope the Ultimate Warrior may take him on.

In 2009, Brock faced the biggest fight in his life with a case of Diverticulitis, a stomach disease. His UFC winning streak started to suffer after the illness and he suffered a flare up that caused him to cancel a match in 2011. After having surgery to remove a foot length of his colon, Lesnar was TKO’d in under three minutes and then promptly announced his retirement. Since then he’s been maintaining a limited schedule with the WWE due to his health.

At one point there were claims that Lesnar had a secret meeting with Dana White and his comments afterward left wiggle room for the rumors to spread like a wildfire:

“I don’t know. If there was something there and I hadn’t announced it, why would I tell you anyway… You don’t worry about what’s going on with Brock, if something happens with Brock, you’ll know about it.”

Apparently, current UFC fighters like Alistair Overeem believe there must be something to the rumors since he publicly called out Lesnar after winning UFC 169:

“I heard there’s word that Brock Lesnar is coming back to the UFC. Well, I’ll be here waiting for him.”

The last time the two met in the ring back in 2011 it was Overeem who walked away the winner.

Perhaps because of statements like this, Dana White point blank denied Brock Lesnar’s UFC return instead of playing coy this time around:

“Brock Lesnar is not coming back. Brock Lesnar is not fighting. I mean does he want to come back? I mean, we’ve talked about him wanting to come back. He feels like he wasn’t 100 percent while he was here and he feels like he sold himself a little short and all the stuff that I’ve told you guys before. But, no, he’s not (returning).”

So perhaps there was something to those secret meeting rumors after all? Regardless of health concerns, the reality is that Brock Lesnar’s MMA return is mostly likely being hampered by contractual obligations with the WWE. While his contract was set to expire with WrestleMania 30 it’s claimed that he’s signed up once again and now will be locked into the WWE through at least 2015, including WrestleMania 31.