Report: Ex-UFC Champ Brock Lesnar No Longer Under WWE Contract

Brock Lesnar is a free agent once again.

According to a report from ESPN, the former UFC heavyweight champion is no longer under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE removed Lesnar’s merchandise from the organization’s online store over the weekend. Pro Wrestling Insider was first to bring word of Lesnar’s free agency.

The 43-year-old Lesnar captured the UFC heavyweight crown in 2008 and defended the belt twice before falling to Cain Velasquez via first-round TKO at UFC 123 in October 2010. He retired from the sport following a loss to Alistair Overeem in December 2011.

The multiple time WWE champion returned to the Octagon in July 2016, when he took a unanimous decision over Mark Hunt at UFC 200. However, that victory was overturned to a no contest after Lesnar tested positive for a banned substance.

In the past, Lesnar has been linked to a UFC return when there are negotiations involving his WWE contract. Most recently, he appeared in the cage at UFC 226 after Daniel Cormier defeated Stipe Miocic to become a two-division heavyweight champion. While Cormier targeted a matchup with Lesnar for his farewell fight, that bout ultimately failed to come to fruition when the promotion couldn’t meet Lesnar’s financial terms. Shortly thereafter, Lesnar reportedly retired from MMA for a third time.

“I wasn’t pissed at all,” UFC president Dana White said of Lesnar’s decision in 2019. “Brock had a good run here. It’s been fun. Listen to fight in this business you have to be 100 percent invested. You’ve got to be in. It’s not where his head was. He made the right decision.”