So anyone with a passing interest in MMA and pro wrestling has been wondering, “How is that Brock Lesnar, while still under contract to WWE is being allowed to fight in the UFC next month?”
Turns out that the negotiations between Lesnar and WWE head honcho Vince McMahon went very simply.
In order to get Vince’s approval to fight Mark Hunt at UFC 200 all Brock had to do was beat him in arm-wrestling. At least that’s how Lesnar says it all went down (via Sherdog)…
Lesnar, 38, described his recent meeting with [Vince] McMahon during a Monday interview on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”
“I said, ‘Listen, old man, we can do this the hard way or the easy way,’” Lesnar chuckled. “I said, ‘Do you wanna arm-wrestle for it?’ and he’s like, ‘Yeah, what the hell.’ So, I ended up beating him, and here we are.”
Skip to 2:15 to hear Brock tell it himself below…
So that’s how it went down, huh? You know what? Knowing the two men involved, I don’t doubt it for one minute.
Now here’s everything else we know about how Lesnar ended up back in MMA for one more fight…