After a year long lay-off from mixed martial arts (MMA), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will face a tough challenge when he clashes with undefeated fighter Shane Carwin on July 3.
The 6-foot-3 former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star has successfully recuperated from diverticulitis – a condition that left a hole in his intestine – and is already raring to go back to Octagon action.
However, it surely won’t be easy for Lesnar as he will have to deal with the heavy-hitting Carwin, who remains undefeated in 12 fights with no one escaping the first round.
Lesnar, who has an MMA record of 4-1, last fought in July 2009 in UFC 100, where he battered a hapless Frank Mir in 2 rounds.
He was then lined up to face Carwin in UFC 106 but was forced to drop out from the scheduled fight because of his illness.
Carwin, meanwhile, defeated Mir in UFC 111 to win the interim heavyweight title.
The Lesnar-Carwin face-off will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Main Event: UFC Heavyweight Champ Brock Lesnar Vs. UFC Interim Heavyweight Champ Shane Carwin
Co-Main Event: “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva Vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
What’s interesting about this card?
The better question is, what’s boring about this card?
This card is Lesnar’s return to the Octagon after battling diverticulitis, and he’s facing the man who many thought was getting a title shot too soon when the original title fight for UFC 106 was made.
It also marks the return of Yoshihiro Akiyama to the Octagon as the 3rd dan black belt in Judo faces off in a middleweight war with one of the three most deadly Muay Thai strikers in the sport, Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva.
Below the two main-event fights are a welterweight fight with Matt “The Immortal” Brown and perennial Fight of the Night contender Chris “Lights Out” Lytle, the highly anticipated UFC 110 rematch between Krzysztof Soszynski and Stephan Bonnar, and a submission clinic between “The Wizard of Oz” George Sotiropoulos and Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino.
The televised prelims have Kendall Grove facing Goran Reljic and Ultimate Fighter 10 runner-up Brendan “The Hybrid” Schaub facing Rugby, North Dakota’s own Chris Tuchscherer, while the prelims that may air on the PPV broadcast if time permits involve Gerald Harris, Daniel “Ninja” Roberts, and Ultimate fight 10 contestant Jon Madsen.
On paper, the only thing that serves as a monkey wrench in the “stack” is the three non-televised fights, but that’s only the case because one of those three fighters is fairly inexperienced.
Not as much as Matt Mitrione, but still a bit inexperienced is Jon Madsen.
If a stacked card is a card with recognizable faces, then this would be the most stacked card from its tip to its toes because there’s at least one fighter in each fight that every fight fan recognizes.
By stacked, though, the meaning is actually in terms of exciting fights. Depending on where you’re spectating, that may or may not be UFC 116
Still, if you look at this card and say that none of these fights are going to be exciting, then something’s wrong with you.
and remember.....You Can't Win, Until You STEP IN. ~ TRAIN ~ FIGHT ~ OWN ~
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