Lesnar came THIS close to leaving the WWE for the second time in favor of the UFC this past March, but the professional wrestling giant made him an “offer he couldn’t refuse.”
Some thought Lesnar was merely using the UFC as a ploy to increase his negotiating power with the WWE, but Lesnar claims he was dead serious about returning to the cage after “retiring” from MMA after getting blasted by Alistair Overeem at UFC 141 in December 2011.
“It wasn’t a bluff,” Lesnar said on the “Stone Cold” Steve Austin podcast (via FoxSports.com). “I felt robbed by diverticulitis.