Diverticulitis Not Alistair Overeem Ended Brock Lesnar's Career

It is widely known that Brock Lesnar has dealt with some serious health concerns in the recent years from a condition known as diverticulitis. While most MMA fans are familiar with Brock's intense training program, the majority

Coming back from a second bout of career and life threatening diverticulitis, Lesnar was struck with hard knees to his ribs by Overeem and was unable to defend himself from a barrage of punches. The bout was called at 2:26 in the first round and Lesnar

Older blacks with diverticulitis are more likely to be rushed to the operating room for emergency surgery and more likely to die in the hospital than whites of.

Five years earlier he had been hospitalized for acute diverticulitis — his second attack in a year. The two episodes had made his a candidate for elective bowel surgery. But several small, preliminary studies had just come out reporting good results

Brock Lesnar announced he was out indefinitely, Jon Jones decided against surgery and Zuffa announced a new health insurance plan -- all in May 2011.