The mystery surrounding Brock Lesnar's illness has been cleared up a bit. The UFC heavyweight champion is suffering from a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract, though it looks like he may be released from the hospital soon. "He's in stable condition and should be released soon," UFC president Dana White said.
White said he spoke with Lesnar on Monday, but he wouldn't reveal which hospital Lesnar was currently being treated at because he wanted to protect his privacy.
White also said he is encouraging Lesnar to check into the renowned Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for further treatment, but still doesn't know if Lesnar will fight again.
"It depends on how serious this is," White said.
As reported earlier, Lesnar's possible title defense against Shane Carwin at UFC 108 on Jan. 2 has been postponed indefinitely while Lesnar recovers.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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Go Brock! hope all is well and will continue to get better for this CHAMPION!
I think the roids may hold the key to the problem.
No one in the UFC has ever put out that much passion and fury in such a short time....sounds like...Barry Bonds...Mark McGuire...Sammy Sosa
Very Bright lites for a while then total burnouts
He is likely lucky not to have to ever fight Fedor. Roids are not an asset. Notice Fedor just beat a guy that outweighs Brock by 75 pounds.
Lessner is a talented athlete, I hope he gets his health back, part of that will change him and his constant rage. It will be interesting to see how the stay in the hospital (and his drying out) will affect his personality, expect a kinder, gentler Lessner without steroids? We shall see.
This smells like a steroid coverup.
You smell like a rumour-starting, under-educated, douchebag. No offense.
How does that sound like a steroid cover up? You are wrong and making up stuff. Go away.
the champ will return in may its confirmed...june fight at the latest
i am the type of fan that dosnt hate any fighter, even tho i will poke fun at some, im glad brock is okay
i heard it was that massive sword on his chest that stabbed him and started the infection. wait, i thought lots of hair bleach and steroids would kill the bacteria though. weird. is it privacy or is the hospital not paying you enough to say where you are getting treatment. hack job lesnar
some people shouldn't be so quick to reveal their true charactor, or lack thereof. real lowlifes. the guys in the hospital, and thats what you got? POS - waste of air and space excuse for a person.
I keep hearing that he may never fight again, I hope that isn't true because he is an amazing athlete.
Lesnar is just ducking competition! Strip him of the title if he can't (won't) defend. Carwin vs. Velasquez for the interim HW championship. If Lesnar is able to return give him a shot @ the current champ!
We need a active ready to defend HW Champion & that's obviously NOT Lesnar!
We need a HW Champion that is ready to defend & that is obviously NOT Lesnar!
If he gets released from the hospital soon and gets better how would an infection stop him from ever fighting again?
It could end his career because they said it's an infection. Which implies it's contagious-other fighters don't want to risk catching it & passing it on. And Lesnar is a responsible athelet. He wouldn't endanger his fellow competitors like that. They're probably trying to see if they can get rid of the infection completely or not.
If the man can stand on his own he will fight again.
Most folks do not know that Steven Neal of the N.E. Patriots beat hime to win the wold championship of wrestling while in college. All natural of course unlike steriod boy Lesnar.
maybe for teh ncaa championship, but he did not beat lesnar for the world championship. lesnar was never an amateur wrestling world champion.
aww so we can never watch him cheat again? i'm sad.