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<p>Last year, it seemed almost sure that current Money In The Bank holder, <strong>Brock Lesnar</strong>, was going to go back to the UFC.</p>



<p>Lesnar has shown up during UFC 226 and confronted <strong>Daniel Cormier</strong> after his match and it seemed like Lesnar would be making his return to UFC to face Cormier.</p>



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<p>Then in May, UFC President <strong>Dana White</strong> revealed that Lesnar would be staying retired from UFC and would be staying with the WWE.</p>



<p>Many people felt that Lesnar chose to stay retired because,
with the UFC transitioning to a pay-per-view structure with ESPN, he would now
stand to gain less from fighting with the UFC.</p>



<p>In a recent interview with ESPN MMA, White talked about
Lesnar’s decision, basically saying it was financial but not because of the new
deal with ESPN but because of a larger monetary offer from the WWE.</p>


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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>&#8216;[ESPN is] not why Brock Lesnar didn&#8217;t fight,&#8221; White said. &#8220;Brock Lesnar got a better deal is basically what happened for Brock.&#8221;</p></blockquote>


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<p>White also addressed the idea that the declining
pay-per-view industry had an effect on Lesnar’s decision. The supposed decline
of pay-per-view buys would affect Lesnar’s earnings as his income from the UFC
is determined by pay-per-view buys.</p>


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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>“If you really look when we were on pay-per-view, we were on traditional pay-per-view, everybody was talking about how the pay-per-view business was dying. It&#8217;s dying and nobody can pull numbers anymore,” said White.</p></blockquote>



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<p>You can check out White’s full comments in the video below:</p>



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