One of the biggest pay per view draws in UFC history, Brock Lesnar has officially closed the door on a potential return to the UFC — this and much more on Tuesday's social media roundup.
Brock Lesnar closes the door on a potential return to fight in the UFC
Brock Lesnar is currently enjoying one of his best and most fun runs in his time in the WWE.
As well as being arguably the WWE's biggest name, Lesnar is also seen as one of the UFC's biggest pay per view draws of all time and a pioneer of the sport of MMA.
Despite not having fought since UFC 200 in 2016, talk around a potential return fight for Lesnar pops up fairly regularly. Lesnar has been rumoured to fight the likes of Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier in the last few years and has never publicly come out and spoke about the potential fights.
However, that has now changed and in a recent interview with The New York Post, Lesnar has officially closed the door on a return to MMA.
See what Lesnar had to say in the post below.
Brock Lesnar has closed the door on an MMA return --
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) March 7, 2022
-- https://t.co/OeVO65rT36 pic.twitter.com/019InVHimb
Lesnar insisted that he is too old to come back and fight in MMA and said that MMA is 'a young man's sport.'
Although there will of course still be some fans out there who would love Lesnar to return to the UFC, Lesnar is right in his comments and it would probably be dangerous for him to return to the heavyweight division where there are a lot of young and dangerous fighters.
Kayla Harrison resigns with PFL
Despite reported interest from the UFC and Bellator, Kayla Harrison has resigned with PFL.
Two-time @PFLMMA women's lightweight champion @KaylaH will be returning to the promotion, @marc_raimondi confirmed.
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 8, 2022
Bellator made Harrison a lucrative offer earlier this year, but PFL had the right to match any offer and did so. pic.twitter.com/uWIudX2nII
Do you think this is a good thing for Harrison or do you think she should've challenged herself and moved to either Bellator or the UFC?
Colby Covington mocks Drake after he loses a big amount of money betting on Jorge Masvidal
It is no secret that for the big UFC events, there are some big money betters.
One of them this past weekend was Drake who bet $275,000 on Jorge Masvidal to defeat Colby Covington.
Check out the clip below to see Covington mock the rapper after losing the money.
Colby Covington tells Drake to "go back to selling those sh*tty albums" after losing a $275,000 bet on Jorge Masvidal. --#UFC272 Full video: https://t.co/dlBR3xFBSB pic.twitter.com/duJsOzswHp
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 6, 2022
On this day in 2009...
On this day in 2009 one of the most hilarious moments in MMA history occurred.
In the promotion DREAM, Dave Gardner shouted "Hello Japan" to the crowd in attendance despite having Shinya Aoki on his back.
Gardner would then proceed to be submitted by Aoki leading to one of MMA's funniest moments.
Mar8.2009
— MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) March 8, 2022
Dave Gardner yells out "Hello Japan" to the crowd,
then immediately gets submitted by Shinya Aoki pic.twitter.com/mSbjMEaAMe
Khabib Nurmagomedov inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame
On Saturday night at UFC 272, it was announced that former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has been inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
The Eagle! --
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) March 6, 2022
Congrats to Khabib Nurmagomedov on entering the #UFCHoF pic.twitter.com/BRkRh8UjE3
Nurmagomedov is the most dominant lightweight of all time and retired with an incredible professional record of 29-0.
Gunnar Nelson gets new opponent at UFC London
The returning Gunnar Nelson has a new opponent schedule for UFC London.
The Iceland native will now face Takashi Sato on March 19.
C.Silva out. Gunnar Nelson will now fight Takashi Sato at #UFCLondon on March 19th. (first rep. @bokamotoESPN) #UFC #MMA #UFCESPN pic.twitter.com/gnw1whqlDm
— Marcel Dorff -------- (@BigMarcel24) March 7, 2022
Joe Rogan's horrendous attempt at pronouncing Umar Nurmagomedov
Check out this hilarious clip of Joe Rogan horrendously pronouncing Umar Nurmagomedov's name at UFC 272.
Joe Rogan once again struggling to say the N-word #UFC272 pic.twitter.com/0VgzuBUmSI
— MMAFPress (@MMAFPress) March 6, 2022
Magomed Ankalaev return to the Octagon this weekend!
Arguably the most exciting and highly rated light heavyweight prospect in the UFC, Magomed Ankalaev returns to the UFC Octagon this weekend.
Ankalaev will face the experience Thiago Santos and a win will put him very close towards a title shot.
Leaving no doubt! --
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) March 8, 2022
Magomed Ankalaev put his rivalry with Ion Cutelaba to -- with this brutal KO--
He will try to do it again when he faces fellow knockout artist Thiago Santos this Saturday.#UFCVegas50 Sat 10pm BT Sport 1 HD pic.twitter.com/1aRtcHwhfW
Alex Pereira believes that Israel Adesanya is scared of him
Brazilian kickboxer and now UFC middleweight Alex Pereira has revealed that he believes that Israel Adesanya is scared to fight him.
Pereira holds a KO victory over Adesanya in kickboxing and has expressed his desire to fight him in MMA.
Alex Pereira says "scared" Israel Adesanya is "fooling his fan base" --
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) March 8, 2022
More from @guicruzzz -- https://t.co/rwVmnrbftH pic.twitter.com/rz0blcCPmA
BT Sport release new UFC London promo
Check out this fantastic new UFC London promo which was released by BT Sport a few days ago.
Time to put the world on notice! --
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) March 6, 2022
UFC LDN is back! -- After three years away the Octagon returns to London and the Brits are ready to put on the show.#UFCLondon x @KojeyRadical pic.twitter.com/i9dek7C1u8