Brock Lesnar will come back fight in summer|Brock Lesnar returns, no thanks to Canada

Brock Lesnar

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, in his first interview since suffering through a major intestinal infection, told a national television audience today that he's experienced "a miracle" recovery and is ready to fight again in the summer.
Lesnar, UFC President Dana White said, will fight the winner of an interim heavyweight title fight between Shane Carwin and Frank Mir March 27 in Newark, N.J.
"There's no signs of any problem with my stomach, I had another CT scan [Tuesday] just to be sure," Lesnar said.

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Lesnar (4-1), who last fought by pummeling Mir at UFC 100 in July, recounted a harrowing six-month ordeal that caused him to pull out of two fights and spend many weeks resting at home and inside hospitals in Canada and Bismarck, N.D.
He said after an initial diagnosis of mononucleosis, he went hunting in Canada and awoke one morning with "severe stomach pain," going into shock with a 104-degree temperature. He said he was then diagnosed with the severe intestinal infection.
"I had a hole in my stomach," he told ESPN, adding that doctors told him they were prepared to conduct an operation that would force him to wear a colostomy bag and end his fighting career. "But I started to heal in the eight-hour [pre-surgery] mark and avoided surgery."
He said he lost 40 pounds, however, relying on intravenous feeding.
"I would be out, I didn't know how long, but I didn't want surgery," he said.
White said Lesnar relied on holistic medicine and ate healthy, and Lesnar said he ultimately regained 30 pounds and went for a Jan. 5 checkup that found his stomach was fine.
"It's been a crazy ride," White said.
"The doctors say there's no risk to my career; I believe the mind is a powerful thing," Lesnar said. "When you have life taken away, laying in a hospital bed, to sit there not having any control of anything ... I've always been in control."
Lesnar then reminded White he is the UFC heavyweight champion, and expressed enthusiasm about fighting again, most likely against the Mir-Carwin winner. Should any problem occur, White said he would have Lesnar make his next title defense against the winner of next month's Cain Velasquez-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira fight.

 

“That didn’t sound right to me,” Lesnar said.
Nevertheless, he cancelled his upcoming title fight and headed off to western Canada on a hunting trip.
“I got up there and still didn’t feel right. I had severe stomach pain. And one night I woke up and I was in severe shock,” Lesnar said. “I had 104 (F) temperature and felt like I was shot in the guts. I went to the hospital in Canada, realized quickly that I had to get out of Canadian health care and get down to Bismarck (North Dakota), into the United States.”
Apparently, the irony of rushing back to the place where he’d first been misdiagnosed was lost on the 265 lb. wrestler.

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However, this time, he said they got it right – telling him he had a ruptured diverticuli.
“I had a hole in my stomach,” Lesnar said.
He told ESPN that it was touch-and-go for weeks as to whether he would need to have a portion or all of his colon removed, ending his athletic career. He says his 11-day stay in hospital cost him 40 lbs. of body weight.
Then, in the new year, a “miracle.”
“(The doctors) were dumbfounded,” Lesnar said. “They couldn’t find any signs of any trouble with my stomach.
“I’ve had three or four different opinions. I’ve had colonoscopies (sic) done and CT scans done. There’s literally no sign of anything even existing in there,” Lesnar said. “I believe that the mind is a powerful thing.”
His boss, White, echoed the miracle theme. He said that the current plan is to have heavyweight contenders Shane Carwin and Frank Mir fight in March for an interim heavyweight champion designation. The winner will fight Lesnar in “the summer,” according to White.
“It’s been a crazy ride,” White said.