UFC 131 Results Look At Shane Carwin’s Options Following Another Loss
Shane Carwin’s long layoff did not end up producing the results that he was looking for, as Junior dos Santos completely ripped him apart over the course of three rounds at UFC 131 on Saturday night.
The same problems that plagued Carwin in the Brock Lesnar fight at UFC 116 showed up again at UFC 131 against Junior dos Santos. Unlike the Lesnar fight, however, dos Santos caused Carwin to exhaust all of his energy just trying to stay in the fight following a first-round beatdown.
Carwin, the former UFC interim heavyweight champion, was left a bloody mess after the opening five minutes, but he didn’t give in. He was able to stay alive for three rounds, though I wouldn’t exactly say that he was in the fight at any moment.
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Given all that Carwin and his body have been though over the last year, it had to feel very rewarding to just step foot in the octagon again. That will have to be the biggest positive that he takes away from this fight because it was not one that will go on his “Greatest Hits” DVD in the future.
UFC’s heavyweight division is really deep right now, and if Alistair Overeem and/or Fabricio Werdum enter the mix it will get deeper, and Carwin has lost two consecutive fights. Granted those two fights were against two of the best heavyweights in the world, but two losses are crippling in a deep division.
It’s going to be a long time, if ever, before we see Carwin back in the heavyweight title picture. The comeback story will have to be enough for him to take from this event on Saturday night because his performance inside the cage left a lot to be desired.
–Published By Bleacher Report’s Adam Wells