In an update on Brock Lesnar signing a new deal with the WWE and effectively closing the door on a return to the mixed-martial-arts world, a report from Steven Marrocco of MMAJunkie.com provides more details on the backstage details on Lesnar’s announcement on ESPN’s SportsCenter and how it all came to fruition.

The report notes that the announcement was set up by former UFC head of public relations Jennifer Wenk who got a call from Brock Lesnar’s manager Brian Stegeman the night before the announcement on March 23rd and was told that Brock Lesnar had made a decision and asked how they should go about announcing it and that Wenk and Stegeman had discussed doing a conference call, holding a press conference or scheduling the announcement to take place on ESPN’s SportsCenter and that with Brock coming in, Wenk had a half-day to set things up, however 4 hours prior to the interview, Wenk was informed by Brock Lesnar that Dana White was in the studio and when Brock wanted to know what he was doing there, Wenk didn’t have an answer.

The report states that shortly after, Stegeman called Wenk to inform her that Paul Heyman was there with Dana White and that Wenk continued to google the news of Brock’s announcement to see if the story had leaked. Wenk told MMAJunkie.com that Brock really wanted to go on camera and look his fans and the sports community in the eye and explain how difficult a decision it was for him.

More details are available at this link.