All Entries Tagged With: "Shane Carwin"
Can UFC 121 Become the Biggest UFC Pay-Per-View of All-Time?
The simple and most likely answer to this question is “no.” However, I think there are some reasons to believe that if certain factors are met, UFC 121 in October could become the biggest UFC Pay-Per-View of all-time, surpassing the 1.6 million buyrate for UFC 100.
The biggest factor in the equation is the biggest name [...]
UFC 116 Post-Fight Thoughts
UFC 116 was, quite simply, one of the most exciting MMA Pay-Per-Views of all time. From the prelims to the main card, nearly every fight provided great finishes, exciting back-and-forth action or fantastic comebacks. Here are some of my post-fight notes.
Brendan Schaub has the hands and the power to reach the middle of the UFC’s [...]
UFC 116 Preview and Predictions
UFC 116 features one of the most anticipated heavyweight fights of all-time as Brock Lesnar takes on Shane Carwin for the heavyweight title. The undercard has some significant fights as well.
Brock Lesnar:
32 years old
6′3, 265lbs
1999 national runner-up in heavyweight division while wrestling for University of Minnesota
2000 National Division 1 heavyweight champion
UFC Career:
Loss vs. Frank Mir [...]
UFC 116 Open Workout Highlights
Great video with some of the highlights of the UFC 116 open workouts. Notice Lesnar going with the southpaw stance in some of the footage? Some reports indicate that Lesnar will use that stance come Saturday night, believing that it helps his wrestling.
Thanks to heavy.com for the video:
Shane Carwin Predicts KO of Brock Lesnar on ESPN
Shane Carwin was a guest on Sportscenter yesterday, and predicted a KO win over Brock Lesnar:
UFC 111 Preview and Predictions
I’ve been looking forward to UFC 111 for quite some time. The card suffered a blow when Thiago Alves was told he couldn’t fight Jon Fitch due to an irregularity in a pre-fight CAT scan. That took one of the best fights of the night off the card, but there’s still plenty of good ones [...]
Brock Lesnar to Return in Summer to Face Mir/Carwin Winner
UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN’s Sportscenter this morning for their first public comments since Lesnar had to cancel a scheduled November title defense.
During the seven minute interview, Lesnar described in detail how sick he became and how close his career came to being over. He also ripped [...]
