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<\/p>\nDANA WHITE has addressed speculation that Brock Lesnar will make a shock return to the octagon next year.<\/p>\n
The former UFC heavyweight champion hasn't set foot inside the cage in over seven years – opting instead to focus on his WWE career.<\/p>\n
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Despite being inactive for the best part of a decade, the prospect of Lesnar strapping on his gloves again continues to be discussed.<\/p>\n
That talk has ramped up as mixed martial arts' premier promotion inches closer and closer to its historic UFC 300 card.<\/p>\n
Lesnar, 46, headlined UFC 100 all the way back in 2009 and returned from a near five-year hiatus at UFC 200 in July 2016.<\/p>\n
But UFC president and newly-minted CEO White has poured cold water on the possibility of the two-time NCAA All-American ever fighting again.<\/p>\n
"I think Brock's done," White recently told Sports Illustrated. "I don't think he ever comes back."<\/p>\n Lesnar's shock return to the octagon at UFC 200 saw him lock horns with beloved heavyweight Mark Hunt in the historic card's co-main event.<\/p>\n Lesnar won the contest – his first since his brutal first-round defeat to fellow former champ Cain Velasquez – via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n But it was overturned to a No Contest after it emerged he twice tested positive for the banned fertility<\/span> drug clomiphene – which can elevate testosterone levels in men – before the fight.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ufc-president-dana-white-seen-830038259-3.jpg\")
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