Report: Brock Lesnar Focused On 2019 UFC Return

According to Dave Meltzer and his Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Brock Lesnar is 100 percent focused on his UFC return.

Lesnar dropped the WWE Universal title to Roman Reigns recently at SummerSlam. He was not granted an immediate rematch on an edition of Raw, effectively leaving him to prepare for a likely meeting in 2019 with UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.

Meltzer wrote, according to Cageside Seats:

As far as Lesnar, his WWE contract expires in a few days. He was written out of storylines when Kurt Angle refused to give him his rematch. He was pulled by WWE off the Raw show this past week because nobody could come up with an idea for him that made sense. If he was staying, he could destroy everyone, but they weren’t going to have Strowman beat him since he had no matches left, and he had no matches to build up. He could go crazy and get suspended or fired, but that doesn’t do WWE any good to put more focus on him when he’s got no date to return. He is back training for fighting. He has dropped weight. He is going in with the idea of facing Daniel Cormier for the UFC heavyweight title in early 2019.

Lesnar showed up the night Cormier became UFC champion with a finish vs. Stipe Miocic. The two exchanged words and Lesnar shoved Cormier.

The former UFC heavyweight champion ended his first exit from MMA with a victory over Mark Hunt at UFC 200 that was overturned to a no-contest after he failed a drug test.