Live on Saturday, July 3, 2010 the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada will host UFC 116. The time has finally arrived for the two Giants to meet in the Octagon. Current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar (4-1) will look to defend his belt for a second time against Undefeated Heavyweight Interim belt holder Shane Carwin (12-0) to Unify the Title. The two were set to do battle at UFC 106, but due to an illness Lesnar had to pull out and and would possibly meet at UFC 108. Lesnar had mononucleosis and had to pull out once again. He is fully recovered and has been training for Carwin. Carwin has ended all four of his UFC fights by T/KO and all in round one. Lesnar is on a three fight win after losing his UFC debut to Frank Mir. This is a match up of two very big strong wrestlers. It may come down to whose striking is better, we know they both have KO power. Expect a great main event and I don’t see this fight going all five rounds.
Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Lesnar (-200)
- Carwin (+160)
Betus.com Odds
- Lesnar (-200)
- Carwin (+160)
Wanderlei Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Silva (-170)
- Akiyama (+140)
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Bonnar (+190)
- Soszynski (-240)
Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Schaub (-295)
- Tuchscherer (+235)
Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Grove (+110)
- Reljic (-140)
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Lytle
- Brown
Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Kelly
- Volkmann
Daniel Roberts vs. Julio Paulino
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Roberts
- Paulino
Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Madsen
- Vemola
The Co-Main event is between “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva (33-10-1-1) and Japanese sensation Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-1-2). Akiyama’s last lose was back in 2005 and had a successful UFC debut against Alan Belcher via split decision at UFC 100. Silva took a unanimous decision win in his last bout against Bisping at UFC 110. Also on the main card we have Chris Lytle (28-17-5) vs. Matt Brown (11-8), the rematch between Stephan Bonnar (11-7) and Krzysztof Soszynski (19-9-1), and George Sotiropoulos (12-2) taking on Kurt Pellegrino (15-4).
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