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Both are known for their impressive physiques, and both have shown some tremendous strength and athleticism inside the cage.<\/p>\n<p>That fight is now official.  Overeem, who was dropped from his deal with Strikeforce and forced to vacate the promotion&#8217;s heavyweight title, will debut in sister promotion UFC on December 30, taking on a returning Lesnar in a five-round main-event.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the fight, which will headline what is expected to be UFC 141, gets a title shot at the winner of Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC Confirms Brock Lesnar&#039;s Return in Hotly Anticipated Match<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Brock Lesnar first rose to dominance in the UFC, fans were clamoring for a superfight between Lesnar and then-top-ranked heavyweight Fedor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/06\/ufc-confirms-brock-lesnars-return-in-long-anticipated-match\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC Confirms Brock Lesnar&#039;s Return in Hotly Anticipated Match\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When Brock Lesnar first rose to dominance in the UFC, fans were clamoring for a superfight between Lesnar and then-top-ranked heavyweight Fedor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/06\/ufc-confirms-brock-lesnars-return-in-long-anticipated-match\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-07T02:30:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-09-07T02:30:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/06\/ufc-confirms-brock-lesnars-return-in-long-anticipated-match\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/06\/ufc-confirms-brock-lesnars-return-in-long-anticipated-match\/\",\"name\":\"UFC Confirms Brock Lesnar's Return in Hotly Anticipated Match\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-07T02:30:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-09-07T02:30:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"When Brock Lesnar first rose to dominance in the UFC, fans were clamoring for a superfight between Lesnar and then-top-ranked heavyweight Fedor\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/06\/ufc-confirms-brock-lesnars-return-in-long-anticipated-match\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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