UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin

[Troy]

Main card
Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar (c) vs Shane Carwin (ic)
Middleweight bout: Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown
Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar
Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Kurt Pellegrino​

Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic​

Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris vs. Dave Branch
Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Forrest Petz
Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola​

I can't wait for this PPV. Lesnar vs Carwin is a fight that many have wanted to see for over a year now but it continued to be delayed due mainly due to Lesnar's serious injury. Now we are going to see two of the most exciting fighters go at it for the Heavyweight title. Carwin is a KO machine and will be hard to be stopped but Lesnar is also a beast. I would like to see these two stand up for a fair bit since it should result in fireworks. An exciting extra is that the winner of this will face Cain Velasquez which should produce another awesome fight. Very to pick a winner here as they are two of my favourites but I have to go with Lesnar.​

In the next fight I see Yoshihiro killing Wanderlai. I don't think that Silva has what it takes anymore and Yoshihiro will easily defeat him.​

George Sotiropoulos on the card is another huge bonus for me since he is an Australian.​

Overall it looks like a great card, biggest of the year by far.​

 

[Clydefrog]

to be honest this card looks better than the rampage vs evans one! im looking forward to 3 matches on this card, im a big fan of steven bonnar so hopefully he can pull it out of the bag! And its crunch time for Wanderlai as like troy says he has past it! and im not going to put it past him that he has! i bet on Liddel winning last weekend and that didnt happen so i won't put my money it! but lesnar vs carwin looks amazing! i have a feeling someone is going to get TKO'ed

 

[Troy]

I agree I think that this card is better than Rampage vs Evans and the mainevent for this will be much better than that one. I missed Stephen Bonnar on the card, I am also a fan of his and hope that he can win here and get his UFC career back on track. If the mainevent goes to the judges I will be shocked and a little disappointed.

 

[Clydefrog]

i don't honestly know how im pulling for in the main event at the moment! i think lesnar is amazing ground and pounder and carwin as good strikes! i would be like you said Troy Disapointed if it went to the judges! i can see this being a main event of the year! until maurico "shogun" rua fights Rashead evans

 

[Troy]

This is just over a week away now. A change to one of the big matches as Wanderlai Silva had to withdraw from his fight due to three broken ribs and an injured right knee. He is now scheduled to fight Chris Leben according to Dana White. The card now only has fight that will draw in viewers but that is such an anticipated match-up the PPV will be fine. Carwin vs Lesnar is the most anticipated match in a long long time and I can't wait to see this.

I just noticed that Seth Petruzelli the guy who shocked everyone when he KO Kimbo Slice in 14 seconds is on the Prelim Card. Let's see how far he can go in the UFC.

 

[Troy]

Lesnar is the undisputed champion now. Carwin started strong and had Lesnar on the ground but Lesnar did enough to prevent the referee from stopping the fight. Then Lesnar pulls out a great submission in round two to get the big win. Lesnar showed that he has a solid chin and Carwin was certainly the biggest threat to him and he got passed it. Cain Velasquez is up next for Lesnar and should be another great fight.

 

[Dademo]

People can say that Lesnar ran away from Carwin, because he did at one point, but give him props.

He took so many hits from Carwin and showed an iron chin, and then came out with the takedown and winning the fight in the second round.

Leben vs. Akiyama was an awesome fight, was pulling for Leben and happy he ended up winning.

 

[Troy]

Lesnar had a much better strategy than Carwin and certainly does deserve a ton of credit. He was the better fighter and proved that he can take shots to the chin from someone who was the biggest hitter in UFC. Cain Velasquez is a bit hitter as well but will need to hit the perfect shot to take Lesnar down now that he proved he doesn't have a glass chin. I wonder what will be next for Carwin, Cro Cop maybe?

 

[Dademo]

That sounds like a good match up. Gonzaga vs. Carwin does too, or maybe the loser of the Frank Mir vs. Nog 2 fight. Either way he's an entertaining guy, he just has to improve on his cardio and maybe eventually he can get another title shot. Personally, I thought that Carwin was Lesnar's biggest threat to date, and although Velasquez is definitely a worthy opponent, I just think Brock will duke it out and win with him.

 

[Troy]

I agree with you in saying that Carwin was Lesnar's biggest threat, I thought the same thing. Carwin had had such a great record before facing Lesnar and was so dominant I didn't know what to expect. I don't want to see him face Mir again since he fought him a couple of fights ago, would be great to see him face someone he has never faced before. He needs to improve his submission defence since he gave up too easily in my opinion against Brock, he didn't defend enough.