Pros react to the Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt fight announcement

By Chris Taylor - June 6, 2016

Earlier today on ESPN’s SportsCenter former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar announced that he would be returning to the octagon to fight Mark Hunt at UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas.

Mark Hunt

Lesnar has not competed in mixed martial arts since his 2011 TKO loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. The former champions last win came via submission against Shane Carwin at UFC 116 in 2010.

Meanwhile, Mark Hunt is coming off back-to-back first-round knockout victories over Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva and Frank Mir respectively.

Here is how the pros reacted to the news of “The Beast” fighting “The Super Samoan” at UFC 200:

https://twitter.com/Cody_Nolove/status/739824915537223680


https://twitter.com/LaurenMurphyMMA/status/739829431586279426
https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/739847008303861761


https://twitter.com/ufc/status/739837119984586752

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Brock Lesnar Mark Hunt