Brock Lesnar Returning To MMA For Fight At UFC 200 (Video) #UFC200

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One of the most popular fighters and huge pay-per-view draw Brock Lesnar is returning to the Octagon for a match at UFC 200, taking place on July 9, 2016 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The announcement was made Saturday, June 5, at UFC 199 during a promotional video for the upcoming huge card.

The Lesnar fight against an opponent to be named later is just the icing on the cake for a stacked card that already boasted Jose Aldo vs Frankie Edgar 2 (interim featherweight championship), Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier 2 (light heavyweight championship) and Meisha Tate vs Amanda Nunes (women's bantamweight championship).

Lesnar is still under contract with the WWE. The organization issued a statement on his participation at UFC 200.

“Brock Lesnar remains under contract to WWE, however, he has been granted a one-off opportunity to compete at UFC 200. Following this milestone event on July 9, Brock will return to WWE for SummerSlam on Sunday, August 21, live on WWE Network.”

During Lesnar's previous stint in the UFC he won the heavyweight championship in his fourth fight when he defeated Randy Couture at UFC 91 on November 15, 2008.

The former NCAA Division 1 heavyweight wrestling champion lost the UFC title to Cain Velasquez at at UFC 121 on October 23, 2010.

Lesnar was battling diverticulitis, a disease of the digestive tract, during that time. He underwent 2 surgeries. The second one in 2011 required a foot of his colon be removed.

"I felt robbed by diverticulitis. I felt robbed by being sick. I was feeling good and it took me a couple years to start feeling good. I'm at home, I'm working out, my life is great, everything's in tune, my contract's coming to an end with WWE, hey it's been a great time but something's missing," he told "Stone Cold" Steve Austin during an October 2015 podcast. "I was up front and totally honest with the company and told them I'm really thinking of pursuing getting back in the Octagon."

The 38-year old has an MMA record of 5-3.

Full UFC 200 Fight Card

Light Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Jon Jones (ic) [a]
Heavyweight Brock Lesnar vs. TBD
Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate (c) vs. Amanda Nunes [b]
Featherweight José Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar [c]
Heavyweight Cain Velasquez vs. Travis Browne
Women's Bantamweight Cat Zingano vs. Julianna Peña
Welterweight Johny Hendricks vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw vs. Raphael Assunção
Lightweight Sage Northcutt vs. Enrique Marín
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi vs. Derek Brunson
Lightweight Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Lauzon
Lightweight Jim Miller vs. Takanori Gomi