Dana White targeting UFC 116 for Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin title-unification bout

NEWARK, N.J. – Just hours after Shane Carwin battered former champ Frank Mir into a first-round TKO defeat and claimed an interim heavyweight title, UFC president Dana White confirmed plans for a title-unification bout.

Following Carwin’s victory in the co-headliner of Saturday’s UFC 111 event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., White said he expects the interim title-holder to meet current champ Brock Lesnar in early July.

As MMAjunkie.com first reported earlier this month, Lesnar has been expected to return from a year-long layoff due to illness at a currently unannounced UFC 116 event on July 3.


NEWARK, N.J. – Just hours after Shane Carwin battered former champ Frank Mir into a first-round TKO defeat and claimed an interim heavyweight title, UFC president Dana White confirmed plans for a title-unification bout.

Following Carwin’s victory in the co-headliner of Saturday’s UFC 111 event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., White said he expects the interim title-holder to meet current champ Brock Lesnar in early July.

As MMAjunkie.com first reported earlier this month, Lesnar has been expected to return from a year-long layoff due to illness at a currently unannounced UFC 116 event on July 3.