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The Undertaker reveals Vince McMahon was behind famous Brock Lesnar encounter at UFC 121 in bid to spark WWE fight

THE UNDERTAKER has revealed that WWE boss Vince McMahon was behind his famous encounter with Brock Lesnar at UFC 121.

The Phenom memorably confronted the Beast Incarnate following his first-round heavyweight title defeat to Cain Velasquez back in 2010.

 The Undertaker and his wife Michelle McCool confront Brock Lesnar at UFC 12
The Undertaker and his wife Michelle McCool confront Brock Lesnar at UFC 12
 The Phenom lost his legendary WrestleMania streak to the Beast
The Phenom lost his legendary WrestleMania streak to the BeastCredit: WWE

The Deadman made headlines when he stopped midway through his interview with Ariel Helwani to tell Lesnar: "You wanna do it?"

The two hadn't been seen together since WWE's Ruthless Aggression Era where they featured on SmackDown.

But Lesnar infamously quit the company in 2004 and fans speculated that there was real-life animosity between them.

Yet Taker - real name Mark Calaway - has finally admitted that he had been sent to UFC 121 to try and entice the Beast back to WWE.

Ten years on, he told Helwani: "I was there to pick a fight. I was sent there personally to pick a fight, and I was unaware that Dana [White] had no clue what was going to happen, which I felt horrible about after the fact.

"I thought there had been some kind of discussion between him and Vince [McMahon].

Dana [White] had no clue what was going to happen. I thought there had been some kind of discussion between him and Vince [McMahon]

The Undertaker

"At that time Brock was so hot in the MMA world, so obviously ... I was like, 'You know what? Why not try it?' There was no personal animosity really.

"But it was basically me saying, 'All right, you left our world, I'm going to come into your world and I'm going to call you out.'"

Taker later clarified that he'd hoped to set up a wrestling fight with Lesnar rather than step into the Octagon for an MMA bout with the Beast.

He added: "I was trying to get him back in my world. I'm pretty gutsy, but my days of getting in the Octagon are far past me.

"I thought, obviously there was such a history there because of his run with WWE and his success with UFC, this is huge if I can make it happen. That's what it was all about."

Lesnar ultimately returned to WWE in 2012, two years after his confrontation with the Undertaker at UFC 121.

And the pair went on to wrestle three matches, the last of which was at Hell in a Cell in 2015.

Lesnar was also chosen to be the man to break Undertaker's legendary WrestleMania 21-0 streak in a match the 55-year-old has admitted he can't remember due to a horrific concussion.

 Lesnar became UFC heavyweight champion but surrendered the title to Cain Velasquez
Lesnar became UFC heavyweight champion but surrendered the title to Cain VelasquezCredit: Getty Images
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