Dana White: Brock Lesnar's recovery from surgery has been 'incredible'

Brock Lesnar is a physical freak of nature in every sense of the phrase.

The former UFC heavyweight champion was initially stricken with an illness known as diverticulitis, an intestinal disease, back in 2009. He described the painful stomach sensation as "a shotgun blast to the stomach, and then someone poured some salt and Tabasco and stirred it all up with a nasty pitchfork." 

Ouch.

Despite this, the former professional -- and amateur -- wrestler needed nothing more than power of will to recover without the aid of surgery to correct his insides.

Unfortunately, he was once again hit with bad news earlier this year when he was forced to pull out of his UFC 131 bout against Junior dos Santos with a second helping of the nasty disease.

This time surgery, highly invasive and potentially life-altering, was deemed necessary and Lesnar went under the knife for some much-needed repairs.

It's been just a couple months since he did so and apparently, the beast is already been unleashed on his farm up in Canada. UFC President Dana White gives an update on his recovery and how "incredible" it's been so far on a conference call today:

"I talked to his manager. You want to hear how fast this guy is recovering? He's up on his farm in Canada. He has a big farm in Canada and he's basically up there farming. He's completely disconnected himself from the world, no phones, no nothing. He's not talking to anybody."

Hey, anything to help get the box-office behemoth back inside the Octagon, right?

Lesnar's surgery took place on May 27, in which doctors removed 12 inches of his large intestine in response to his relapse of diverticulitis.

The procedure was a smashing success, so much so that Dana White quickly predicted his biggest star would be back with the UFC, and maybe back in action, by Jan. 2012.

Naturally, questions were raised as to whether or not Brock would fully recover and return with the same vigor and tenacity he once had, the determined fervor that won him a heavyweight title just four fights into his career.

If White's assessment of Lesnar's recovery is any indication, the Brockness Monster is well on his way back to regaining his place as one of the top heavyweights in the fight game today.

Happy to hear the good news, Maniacs?