UFC on FOX: Brock Lesnar to Serve as Analyst for Velasquez vs. Dos Santos

Former champion Brock Lesnar will return to television this Saturday night, but it won't be as a competitor.

Instead, the mammoth heavyweight will serve as an expert fight analyst for the inaugural UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs. dos Santos bout for the UFC heavyweight championship.

UFC president Dana White made the announcement during a media call Wednesday afternoon, noting that the sport's biggest star may be more familiar with these two competitors than anyone else in the sport.

"Brock Lesnar is actually going to be one of the analysts on the show, breaking down the fight," White revealed. "He [defended the title] against Cain Velasquez, and he was supposed to fight Junior dos Santos, so his opinion is interesting."

Lesnar was set to fight dos Santos earlier this year following the two heavyweights' stints as coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 13. Unfortunately, a second bout with the debilitating disease diverticulitis flared up, and he was forced to drop out of the fight.

He has now spent more than a year outside of the cage, but is scheduled to return Dec. 30 when he will fight former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem in the main event of that important fight card.

White also announced that Overeem will join Lesnar in attendance for this Saturday’s heavyweight title fight.

"We're going to be talking about Alistair Overeem and Brock Lesnar. Overeem will be there," he said.

These four fighters are arguably the top four current heavyweights in the world, and it has been speculated that we may see the winner of Velasquez vs. dos Santos fight the winner of Lesnar vs. Overeem at some point in 2012.