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Shane Carwin Says Body Seized Up; Credits Brock Lesnar for Performance

The word ‘holy’ was immediately followed by millions of ‘expletives’ Saturday night , when Shane Carwin caught Brock Lesnar in the early going of their UFC 116 tilt, and proceeded to pound away at the champion for what seemed like days. Of course, Mr. Lesnar survived the rated ‘M- for Mature’ beat down, only to […]

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The word ‘holy’ was immediately followed by millions of ‘expletives’ Saturday night , when Shane Carwin caught Brock Lesnar in the early going of their UFC 116 tilt, and proceeded to pound away at the champion for what seemed like days. Of course, Mr. Lesnar survived the rated ‘M- for Mature’ beat down, only to sub Carwin in round two.

Although Lesnar had the piss beat out of him in round 1 (and thankfully for clean-up crews afterwards that wasn’t literally the case), as round two began he seemed relatively okay, while Carwin didn’t exactly appear to be fresh. Well, speaking on his official blog, the imposing heavyweight explained why that was the case.

“When I had him in trouble the ref keep saying he was going to stop it and then towards the end of the 1st my body began to seize up. In between rounds I could not move my legs and had what felt like a whole body cramp. My cardio was fine but my body was not. What can you do? You have to stand up and face your opponent.”…“Heading into the second I knew I need to finish the fight or I was going to be in trouble. Much like the Champion he is I am sure Brock was thinking the same thing. I had zero take down defense as my legs were dead to me and the rest is as they say history.”

So there you have it. It should be interesting to see who the UFC matches Carwin up against next. Somehow we’re thinking Carwin won’t be much fun to fight…

Dan Henderson Likely Returning to Light-Heavyweight

It wasn’t long ago that things were in play to have Dan Henderson become the new Strikeforce Middleweight Champion; with Jake Shields ready to test free agent waters, what better way to find a new waist for the belt then to have him fight the former Pride champ? (At 183 and 205lbs lets not forget- […]

It wasn’t long ago that things were in play to have Dan Henderson become the new Strikeforce Middleweight Champion; with Jake Shields ready to test free agent waters, what better way to find a new waist for the belt then to have him fight the former Pride champ? (At 183 and 205lbs lets not forget- guess that was kind of a big deal…) Of course, other than flooring Shields in the first round Hendo didn’t make out so well, and spent most of the next 20 minutes scrambling from his back.

Well, with Shields now officially exited from the promotion (and likely walking towards the monolithic UFC door), Strikeforce boss man Scott Coker has announced that they will put together a middleweight tourney to crown a new champ at 185. Naturally, one would think Henderson is a lock for the competition, but in a recent interview on MMA Weekly Radio, Coker stated this:

“Dan I believe when I talked to him over the weekend, I talked to Jordan, his manager, and they said they probably want to fight at 205 instead of 185,” said Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker when appearing on MMAWeekly.com Radio. “(They) felt that the weight cut was too much, and Dan would welcome to fight Babalu again, Gegard Mousasi, for a 205-pound contender’s bout.”

Huh. Of course, as Coker mentioned, there a few interesting options for Hendo at 205 and since “Babalu” Sobral recently called for a rematch with the accomplished wrestler, why not? (Hendo beat Sobral by Majority Decision in 2000, back when the acronym ‘MMA’ meant nothing to 90% of the population). Maybe Henderson vs. “King Mo” Lawal down the road? Former teammates? We’d be watching.

Anderson Silva “Not Anxious” About Chael Sonnen’s Pre-Fight Comments

With UFC 116 in the books many in the MMA world will turn much of their attention to the upcoming August 7th, UFC 117 tilt, between reigning middleweight king Anderson Silva and challenger Chael Sonnen. On paper, the fight already screams ‘can’t miss,’ as everyone will be looking to see if Sonnen’s wrestling will rule […]

With UFC 116 in the books many in the MMA world will turn much of their attention to the upcoming August 7^th, UFC 117 tilt, between reigning middleweight king Anderson Silva and challenger Chael Sonnen. On paper, the fight already screams ‘can’t miss,’ as everyone will be looking to see if Sonnen’s wrestling will rule the day over Silva’s highlight reel striking and ground game. Of course if that wasn’t enough to hype the bout, throw in Silva’s recent ‘WTF is he doing?’ performance against Demian Maia and a steady flow of pre-fight trash talking from Sonnen, and you’ve got some real drama cooking.

Really, thanks to the onslaught of ‘Sonnens’ that Chael has directed at Anderson (in case you haven’t noticed the middleweight has a knack for saying things that either induce laughter or rage), Silva’s debacle at UFC 112 has kind of taken a back seat. From belittling Silva’s friends and jiu-jitsu instructors in the Nogueira twins, to outright saying the champ has been ducking him, Sonnen hasn’t been ‘reserved’ while offering his pre-fight analysis. As far as Silva’s take on Sonnen’s comments? He recently told Tatame this:

“I’m cool… I’m not anxious about his statements, I don’t worry about those things. He is promoting this fight the way he cans. He’s a great athlete, he’s having a chance to fight for the belt, so let’s go. When you get there, everything changes. Inside that cage the speech changes, everything change. The last one who spoke too much didn’t like the outcome, but it’s normal. People have their mouth and their right to say whatever they feel like.”

This is going to be good…real good. To bet on UFC 117 head here.

The UFC Heavyweight Picture Includes Future Title Shot For JDS Vs. Big Country Winner.

UFC president Dana White has already told mixed martial arts fans that the next heavyweight title shot belongs to highly touted fighter Cain Velasquez, who will face UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar later this year. Now word has come out, via MMAJunkie that the winner of Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy “Big Country” Nelson […]

UFC 117 will feature the match up to decide the next number one contender on Aug. 7 from Oakland, California. Looks like the UFC heavyweight picture is slowly getting clearer although there’s no word on where Shane Carwin goes from here.

FightMetric Breakdown For Lesnar Vs. Carwin.

If there was any doubt that Shane Carwin was destroying Brock Lesnar in the first round of their recent heavyweight title bout, perhaps FightMetric can clear things up. Carwin hit champion Lesnar 60 times in the head, which lends credence to Carwin telling fans that the ref was saying that he was going to […]

Michael Bisping Vs. Vitor Belfort A Real Possibility For UFC 120.

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that UFC middleweight Michael Bisping will eiher fight Yoshihiro Akiyama or Vitor Belfort at UFC 120 in October. Also on the card is fellow Brit Dan Hardy who is set to face Carlos Condit, the first time Hardy will fight after his loss to UFC welterweight champion Georges St. […]

With Sexyama taking the loss to Chris Leben, there’s a great chance that it will be Vitor Belfort who will take on the up and down Bisping, and look for Vegas line’s to reflect that Bisping would enter the fight as a serious underdog. However Belfort is looking to have a good outing after returning from elbow surgery, and has long been thought of as a legitimate threat to middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva.

We’ll keep you updated on this story as the word comes out.