{"id":21913,"date":"2016-06-06T09:47:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T14:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=21913"},"modified":"2016-06-06T21:11:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T02:11:16","slug":"breaking-brock-lesnars-opponent-named-ufc-200-return-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/06\/breaking-brock-lesnars-opponent-named-ufc-200-return-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP STORY &#8211; Brock Lesnar&#8217;s opponent named for UFC 200 return fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2271164336\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Brock Lesnar&#8217;s UFC return opponent will be Heavyweight fighter Mark Hunt at UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made Monday morning on ESPN SportsCenter, where Lesnar talked about his decision to return to UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Lesnar said the decision to officially retire from UFC &#8220;haunted&#8221; him. He said he could not live with the rest of his life without avenging his final fight, which was a retirement loss to Alistair Overeem in December 2011.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/tag\/ufc-200\">Full Coverage of Saturday&#8217;s big Lesnar news<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2016\/06\/06\/brock-lesnar-faces-mark-hunt-in-mma-return-at-ufc-200-on-july-9\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMATorch Coverage of Lesnar vs. Hunt<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Hunt is not a big-name opponent to pro wrestling fans with a casual interest\/knowledge of UFC, but the idea is Lesnar is a\u00a0special attraction by himself.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt carries a 12-10-1 record against Lesnar&#8217;s 5-3 record at the\u00a0UFC PPV. Hunt won his last two fights, including against Frank Mir in March.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt is from New Zealand and has not fought in the U.S. in three years, dating back to a loss against\u00a0Junior dos Santos in May 2013 in Las Vegas.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1753056941\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Brock Lesnar says he will fight Mark Hunt on July 9 at UFC 200. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bnkOIKMVyL\">pic.twitter.com\/bnkOIKMVyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/739827889965826048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2194118072\"><div id=\"pwtor-113488149\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brock Lesnar&#8217;s UFC return opponent will be Heavyweight fighter Mark Hunt at UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas. The announcement was made Monday morning on ESPN SportsCenter, where Lesnar talked about his decision <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/06\/breaking-brock-lesnars-opponent-named-ufc-200-return-fight\/\" title=\"TOP STORY &#8211; Brock Lesnar&#8217;s opponent named for UFC 200 return fight\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,3],"tags":[105,637,258,188,1060,71],"class_list":["post-21913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_mma","category-news_wwe","tag-brock-lesnar","tag-espn-sportscenter","tag-sportscenter","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-200","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LesnarBrockTB2_3x2_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21913"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21935,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913\/revisions\/21935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}