Former number one contender Shane Carwin (12-1) offered his congratulations to the new UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, after his victory over Brock Lesnar.
Carwin, who almost walked away with the UFC belt earlier this summer, also warns fans not to disregard the former champ either. Noting that Lesnar “is a real champion.”
Be sue to check out Carwin’s entire blog at Shane-Carwin.com
What Cain did is what great fighters do, they learn from what they can study. How would have my fight turned out if I had let Brock stand and knock him down again and again? It really doesn’t matter about what happened last night or in July the only thing that matters is what is to be.
Those of you writing Brock off should consider this. The man walked into the UFC at the top level (who does that?) and won and defended the UFC HWT Belt. He took a beating from me and came back and found a way to win, he nearly lost his life and he came back and found a way to win, he is 4-2 in MMA and some of the wins are UFC title DEFENSES. He is a real champion, a real warrior and as long as he keeps training and learning MMA he will continue to be a force. Every great champion will lose the great ones rise again and it would not surprise me to see Brock defending a title again one day. Win or lose he should be respected for being the warrior he is.
Cain had a great game plan for the fight and he executed it. If you did not think Cain would be a contender then you must have missed his previous fights and missed every website claiming him to be the future of the heavyweight division. Cain is a great fighter and he showed everyone that last night.