Brock Lesnar will not be joining CM Punk in the UFC

Bad news for Roman Reigns, Kane (part IX), Donk the Clown and whoever else is still elbow-dropping heels from the top rope.

Brock Lesnar will not be stepping back into the Octagon anytime in the near future. The former UFC heavyweight champion likes the way the WWE's bread is currently buttered so is staying on in the professional wrestling bid'ness. Lesnar made the announcement in an ESPN SportsCenter interview with Michelle Beadle this evening. Part of the spiel for Wrestlemania 31, the WWE happily played its part in a 'will he, won't he' contract tale involving 'The Beast Incarnate'. He was tipped to follow CM Punk [real name Phil Brooks] back to mixed martial arts. Lesnar's manager, Paul Heyman, who may still have the ponytail he sported in his early noughties ECW days, had declared his client had not yet signed a new WWE contract and could split from the foam-handed sports entertainment world before 'The Show of Shows'. Luckily, for fans of extreme awesomeness, Lesnar has got the quill and ink out and wafted curly strokes on a WWE contract. Lesnar told ESPN that while 'the fighter inside wants to compete', he feels he is too old to do himself justice at the elite level of MMA and would prefer to preserve his legacy. Lesnar, who returned to the WWE in 2012, ended The Undertaker's undefeated streak at last year's Wrestlemania. He will now defend his heavyweight belt against the sculpted beard of Reigns on March 29.