Filed under: UFCShane Carwin is getting ready to step into the Octagon with Junior dos Santos on Saturday night at UFC 131, but first he’ll take a little time out of his schedule to chat with MMA fans right here at MMAFighting.com.
Shane Carwin is getting ready to step into the Octagon with Junior dos Santos on Saturday night at UFC 131, but first he’ll take a little time out of his schedule to chat with MMA fans right here at MMAFighting.com.
Our live chat is your opportunity to ask Carwin about his preparation for the fight, his thoughts on dos Santos as an opponent, and anything else you’d like to know. Check out Carwin’s latest training videos on Bud Light’s YouTube channel.
The Shane Carwin live chat begins at 6 PM ET Wednesday below.
(Legal Disclaimer: Actual Bud Light contest winners will not be nearly as attractive as the people featured in this commercial. Props: officialbudlight)
Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…
– Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza to Defend Strikeforce Title Against Luke Rockhold (5thRound)
– UFC 131 Tickets ‘Cannibalized’ by Vancouver Canucks NHL Finals Run and More (MMA Mania)
– Shane Carwin on Dos Santos: I’m Going to Knock Him Out or Tap Him Out and Feel No Remorse For It (LowKick)
– Downes, Cope, and Kingsbury Top TUF 13 Finale Medical Suspensions (Five Ounces of Pain)
– Fight Journal: ‘Mayhem’ Miller Edition (MMA Fighting)
– Now You Can Watch Hector Lombard Give Joe Doerksen a Harry Potter Scar (MiddleEasy)
– “Combate Extremo” CEO Michael Shoffner talks about MMA in Mexico (TheFightNerd)
(Legal Disclaimer: Actual Bud Light contest winners will not be nearly as attractive as the people featured in this commercial. Props: officialbudlight)
Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…
– Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza to Defend Strikeforce Title Against Luke Rockhold (5thRound)
– UFC 131 Tickets ‘Cannibalized’ by Vancouver Canucks NHL Finals Run and More (MMA Mania)
– Shane Carwin on Dos Santos: I’m Going to Knock Him Out or Tap Him Out and Feel No Remorse For It (LowKick)
Bleacher Report’s MMA news recap for Tuesday, June 7:Ed O’Neill talks about his first BJJ class at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy.Former WWE champion Batista opens MMA training facility.Igor Pokrajac out of UFC 131.Shane Carwin talks to Bleacher Report prior…
Bleacher Report’s MMA news recap for Tuesday, June 7:
Ed O’Neill talks about his first BJJ class at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy.
Former WWE champion Batista opens MMA training facility.
A good nickname in MMA is never a bad thing to go along with solid, committed training, and a few quality wins on a resume. So what does a bad nickname do? In all likelihood, probably next to nothing, but it is pretty amusing how terrible s…
A good nickname in MMA is never a bad thing to go along with solid, committed training, and a few quality wins on a resume.
So what does a bad nickname do? In all likelihood, probably next to nothing, but it is pretty amusing how terrible some nicknames can get.
That’s what this slideshow is about: nicknames that should have no place in the world of mixed martial arts.
I did my best to stick with known fighters that have at least been in one major American MMA promotion; of course there are a number of worse aliases out there in more obscure fight leagues.
The UFC has recently released the video trailer for UFC 131: Junior Dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, which highlights a majority of the fighters involved in the main card bouts for the event. The winner of the main event between Dos Santos and Carwin will …
The UFC has recently released the video trailer for UFC 131: Junior Dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, which highlights a majority of the fighters involved in the main card bouts for the event.
The winner of the main event between Dos Santos and Carwin will be awarded a title shot against current UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez.
Also, Kenny Florian could have the opportunity to earn a shot at the featherweight title if he is able to defeat Diego Nunes at UFC 131.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada will play host for UFC 131 at Rogers Arena on Saturday, June 11, 2011.
Dana White has many refrains and catch phrases. At this point, fans might as well tag “business as usual” on to the UFC’s recent partnership with Facebook. White has said repeatedly he believes the future of television is on the Internet, and he seems …
Dana White has many refrains and catch phrases. At this point, fans might as well tag “business as usual” on to the UFC’s recent partnership with Facebook. White has said repeatedly he believes the future of television is on the Internet, and he seems intent on proving that.
Once again Saturday, the UFC will stream fights from its preliminary card on its Facebook fan page, allowing fans to see for free bouts that six months ago, they would have had to pay for the next day at UFC.com or wait to see when the DVD was released.
UFC 131: dos Santos vs. Carwin, from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, will feature five fights on Facebook. Those bouts will lead into a pair of prelims televised live on Spike TV, which in turn leads into the pay-per-view card. The UFC’s event page for Saturday’s card listed the details on Tuesday.
This will be the 10th consecutive event the UFC will have utilized the popular social networking site to air bouts that previously would have been unaired. And for the fourth straight event, fans can now see each fight on the card if they watch the Facebook stream, Spike-televised prelims and the pay-per-view.
The Facebook stream will open with a featherweight bout between Darren Elkins and Michihiro Omigawa, Elkins’ debut at the new weight class after dropping down from lightweight. Joey Beltran, fighting for the first time since a loss to Pat Barry at the UFC’s Fight for the Troops 2 show in January, faces Aaron Rosa in a heavyweight bout. Rosa makes his UFC debut, filling in for Dave Herman, who will fight Jon Olav Einemo – who was scheduled to face Shane Carwin, who got moved up to fight Junior dos Santos when Brock Lesnar went on the shelf. Dustin Poirier meets promotional newcomer Jason Young in a featherweight bout, Nick Ring meets newcomer James Head at middleweight, and likely capping off the Facebook portion of the prelims, Krzysztof Soszynski takes on Mike Massenzio in a light heavyweight contest. Massenzio stepped in just this week for an injured Igor Pokrajac.
To gain access to the fights, which will begin at 5:50 p.m. Eastern, viewers must “like” the UFC on Facebook. As of Tuesday afternoon morning, the UFC has more than 5.6 million fans at the site.
The UFC began streaming preliminary fights in January with its Fight for the Troops 2 show at Fort Hood, Texas. Since then, the promotion has included free Facebook fights for each event, regardless of the main card’s platform – be it on pay-per-view, Spike or the Versus cable station. For the historic UFC 129 card in Toronto in April, five prelims were aired on Facebook, followed by a pair on Spike leading into the pay-per-view – meaning for the first time, fans were guaranteed the opportunity to see each fight on the card. That continued for UFC 130 with three Facebook prelims, a pair of Spike prelims and a five-bout main card pay-per-view, and Saturday’s TUF 13 Finale.
The main card for UFC 131 features a main event heavyweight contenders fight between dos Santos and Carwin. The winner is expected to face champion Cain Velasquez for the heavyweight title, perhaps at UFC 136 on Oct. 8 in Houston. The main card features three fighters making their UFC debuts. Brazilian Vagner Rocha takes on Donald Cerrone, and heavyweights Olav Einemo and Herman both also debut.
Shane Carwin is getting ready to step into the Octagon with Junior dos Santos on Saturday night at UFC 131, but first he’ll take a little time out of his schedule to chat with MMA fans right here at MMAFighting.com.
Dana White