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Quoteworthy:

"This is the week. This is the week Brock Lesnar is going back to the doctor, getting fully checked out by one of the best doctors and hospitals in the world. If the doctors say things are going well and things are going in the right direction, then maybe we're a few months away from him coming back. If it's not, and not going in the right direction, he'll either be done and have to retire or he'll be out for a couple of years. So hopefully we get good news. And then after we get that announcement, then we'll be able to plan what we're going to do with the heavyweight division."

UFC President Dana White prepares to get the skinny on his ailing heavyweight champion as the doctor's decide just how well Brock Lesnar is doing following his surgery to repair damage inflicted by intestinal diverticulitis. The promotion recently announced that number one contender Shane Carwin will battle former champion Frank Mir at UFC 111 in Lesnar's absence and we may finally know by the end of this week if that bout will be contested for an interim title or the true title -- if the Minnesotan is forced to surrender the belt in anticipation of a long (or permanent) absence. In a perfect world, Lesnar would get fully cleared by his doctor and make his return in Boston on August 28 against the winner of Mir vs. Carwin or Nogueira vs. Velasquez. Let's keep our fingers crossed.