Brock Lesnar

In June 2000 Lesnar signed for a $250,000-per-year downside guarantee

In July 2003, Brock signed a new contract. He was now earning a $1 million downside guarantee (see section 7.1a), which presumably put him at the very top of the pay scale, expiring 31/7/2007.

However following the Rey Mysterio match at WrestleMania 22, Lesnar stated in advance he wants to leave WWE to pursue an MMA career, McMahon granted his request.

Brock Lesnar signed a 1-year deal in March 2012. Lesnar returned to WWE on April 2, 2012, on Raw, as a heel, by confronting and delivering an F-5 to John Cena.

In March 2013, Brock Lesnar has signed a new 2-year contract with WWE that will run through WrestleMania 31.

In March 2015, Brock Lesnar signed a 3-year contract extension until April 1, 2018 which was extended so his contract runs until Summerslam 2018. He announced he will not be extended his WWE contract to return to the UFC and MMA. In 2016 Brock Lesnar was granted a leave of absence by the WWE to train for his UFC 200 fight with Mark Hunt after a mutual agreement between the 2 companies

Lesnar was suspended for 30 days from the WWE from August 22, 2016 until September 21, 2016 for breaching WWE’s drug policy as they did not tell the WWE about the use of substance (as it was banned) as he was still under contract with the WWE. The reason the ban was not immediate was due to the fact that Lesnar faced Hero at Summerslam, Chris Hero was suppose to defeat Lesnar anyway regardless.

## MMA career

On April 29, 2006, after the final match of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas, Lesnar stated his intent to join K-1's mixed martial arts league, Hero's. He trained with Minnesota Martial Arts Academy under Greg Nelson and Minnesota Assistant Head wrestling coach Marty Morgan. Lesnar signed the deal in August. His first fight was scheduled against Choi Hong-man of South Korea on June 2, 2007 at the Dynamite!! USA show. However, prior to the match, Hong-Man was replaced by Min Soo Kim. Lesnar submitted Soo Kim with strikes in 1:09 of the first round to win his first official MMA match

Lesnar was originally set to Carwin at UFC 106, then UFC 108, but Lesnar pulled out of the fight both times due to diverticulitis and kept him from training. Lesnar initially sought treatment in Canada, but later told reporters that he had received "3rd World treatment" at a hospital in Brandon, Manitoba and that seeking better treatment in USA saved his life. Lesnar went on to criticize Canadian health care further and stated that he shared his experience to speak "on the behalf of the doctors in the United States that don't want health care reform to happen". After UFC 108 it was revealed that he was suffering from a serious case of diverticulitis, an intestinal disorder, which required surgery. After further diagnosis, Lesnar underwent surgery on November 16 to close a perforation in his intestine that had been leaking fecal matter into his abdomen, causing pain, abscesses and overtaxing his immune system to the point that he contracted mononucleosis. From the level of damage to Lesnar's system, the surgeon estimated that the intestinal condition had been ongoing for around a year. Shane Carwin won the Interim Heavyweight Championship defeating Frank Mir at UFC 108.

Lesnar attempted to takedown Overeem but was unable and ate heavy body shots to his surgically repaired stomach, eventually being finished with a liver kick and punches. Lesnar then retired from MMA, mentioning his struggles with diverticulitis and saying "tonight was the last time you'll see me in the octagon". However the bout was overturned to a no-contest due to Alistair Overeem testing positive for elevated testosterone which also violated the terms of his "conditional license" he was granted before the fight

Rumours that Lesnar would return to the UFC once his WWE 2015 contract expires surfaced until March 24, 2015, Lesnar himself admitted he was in a UFC training camp "just to see where he was at mentally", Lesnar signed a 3-year contract extension with the WWE, ending the rumours that Lesnar will return to UFC.

UFC announced on June 4, 2016 that he would return at UFC 200 on July 9. WWE confirmed it had granted Lesnar "a one-off opportunity" to compete at UFC 200 before he would return to the company for SummerSlam on August 21. Lesnar dominated the 1st and 3rd rounds, battering Hunt with ground and pound in the third to secure the unanimous decision win. He also was paid a UFC record $2.5 million purse. This record was broken at UFC 202 by Conor McGregor, who was also the previous holder

On July 15, after UFC 200, Lesnar was tested positive for clomiphene, a banned substance on the UFC's anti-doping policy, he was suspended from the UFC for 2 years, had his purse withheld ($250,000), and his victory over Hunt was overturned from a victory to a no-contest. However UFC and USADA realized Lesnar was granted a TUE thus his victory will be restored, the pursue will not be withheld and will be cleared of any wrongdoing meaning it will not be on his record (so if he was to commit a doping violation it will be his 1st offence not his 2nd offence). His 2-year ban from July 9, 2016 was kept was simply because Lesnar was under contract with WWE which is not set to expire until March 2018 (which he extended until Summerslam 2018) meaning he will not fight until then, Lesnar himself also confirmed he will not fight until his WWE contract expires

Whittaker vs. Romero 2 headlines UFC 224, Miocic vs. Cormier headlines UFC 225

(Given that Lesnar would need at least 2 months uninterrupted of a full-time camp to get ready for such a fight, mid-June would figure to be the earliest date likely)

## Mixed martial arts record

 **By submission** | 6
 **By decision** | 3
 **No contest** | 1