Lesnar returns to fight for UFC title

This should be interesting! Brock Lesnar is coming back.

The mixed martial artist who won an NCAA Division I wrestling title with the Gophers in 2000 and currently holds the UFC’s heavyweight championship belt will defend the latter against undefeated Shane Carwin July 3 in Las Vegas at UFC 116, according to a UFC press release sent out Tuesday afternoon.

Lesnar (4-1) was scheduled to fight Carwin, who equals Lesnar’s 6-3, 265-pound frame, late last year, but a bout with diverticulitis nearly ended his career and put him in a fight for his life.

Carwin (12-0) won the UFC’s interim heavyweight title while Lesnar was battling his illness.

Lesnar, however, has since recovered and says he’s ready to face the toughest challenge of his young MMA career. The former WWE star hasn’t fought since July.

“I can’t wait to get back in the octagon and defend my UFC heavyweight title,” Lesnar said via the UFC press release. “July 3 can’t come soon enough. I’m ready to fight. At UFC 116, Shane Carwin is going to face the real UFC heavyweight champion. I’m going to end Shane’s perfect record and walk out of the octagon with my championship belt around my waist.”

Can’t wait to see him in the ring again!
Im not the biggest lesnar fan, but dudes got some mad skills and getting hit with his pork roasts sized fists would ruin my day.

Yawn

To be honest his mma skills are not exactly up to par. He’s learning but I think he is very vulnerable.

I dont see him as volnerable, he will crush Carwin.

does carwin have a ground game? havent seen it in 14 fites..

hard part for lesnar will be that hes got to take a couple shots just for the chance to take him down… if he can do that, i think lesnar can finish off carwin.

Either way its only temporary for both Lesnar or Carwin as once they face Cain Velasquez’s talent, power, and conditioning its all over.

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This should be interesting! Brock Lesnar is coming back.

The mixed martial artist who won an NCAA Division I wrestling title with the Gophers in 2000………

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I’ll put my money on the ex-wrestling champ every time! At least until he gets old enough to be vulnerable.

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I dont see him as volnerable, he will crush Carwin.

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Same here. Minute and a half of the 1st round carwin will be turtling up on the mat.

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To be honest his mma skills are not exactly up to par. He’s learning but I think he is very vulnerable.

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This is a very accurate statement. Well put!

I would say no matter what it is gonna be one hard hitting fight. Too bad it will cost half a days pay to order it!

Lesnar is a freight train. It will be a massacre. He dominated with the little MMA skills he had. Nobody has a chance.

Carwin has HEAVY hands. As heavy as Lesnar. Brock better take this fight to the ground (where he would likely win), because if they stay standing I think he is going out.

Simply be definition, you cant be a Division I NCAA wrestling champion and have little MMA skills. Do you have any idea how incredible hard that is? Wrestling is 1/3 of the game, and his striking isnt a weakness.

That is like saying Dan Henderson, Mark Coleman, Randy Couture and Matt Hughes have limited MMA skills. B

Besides, 5 years (I think) of specific striking, jiu jistsu and MMA training is a lot more than many others have. Brock has been training ever since he left WWE. If it wasnt for legal issues and the WWE legally preventing him from fighting, he would have 15-20 pro MMA fights by now.

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Simply be definition, you cant be a Division I NCAA wrestling champion and have little MMA skills. Do you have any idea how incredible hard that is? Wrestling is 1/3 of the game, and his striking isnt a weakness.

That is like saying Dan Henderson, Mark Coleman, Randy Couture and Matt Hughes have limited MMA skills. B

Besides, 5 years (I think) of specific striking, jiu jistsu and MMA training is a lot more than many others have. Brock has been training ever since he left WWE. If it wasnt for legal issues and the WWE legally preventing him from fighting, he would have 15-20 pro MMA fights by now.

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Having 1/3 the MMA skills of everyone else is what I am talking about. If you watched the early UFC’s (1-5) you would have seen what happened to D1 wrestlers. They got PUMMELED. His 1st fight against Mir was a great example of little skills he had. He is getting better but really does not need to ans nobody has a chance against him now as it is.

You are confusing a Division I wrestler w/ a division I national champion.

Some wrestlers lost, but the good ones were extremely successful. Mark Coleman was the only D1 champ I can recall who was in MMA, was he a flop?

I said wrestling is about 1/3 of MMA, are you saying that Brock isnt a legit striker too?

He lost to Mir because he was beating the crap out of him and got sloppy, it happens in MMA. You can dominate and get caught. That fight should have been stopped earlier when the ref called a really bad penalty for striking to the back of the head (if I recall). Mir was never in that fight.

Dan Severn was the best wrestler back in the early days. They learned real quick what a background in wrestling got them. That was also before they had weight classes. Gracie DESTROYED Severn.

Do you really think Lesnar’s MMA abilities are even close to those of the other weight class champions? Lesnar’s brute strength and athletism is what makes him a frieght train, not his MMA skills. If GSP was his size what do you think would happen.

I know what you are saying but you are putting WAY to much emphasis on wrestling. Ground and pound, wrestling and submissions are all completely different. The only thing they have in common is they all happen on the ground.

Severn wasnt at Brock’s level. Also, once people learned some defense against jiu jitsu, Gracie was no longer a factor. Just look what Matt Hughes (wrestler) did to him.

I am not putting that much stock in wrestling, but it is just that Brock was that dominant of a wrestler in his time and that translates very well to UFC. His speed, size, strength and skills have never been seen in MMA before.

What would happen if GSP was Brocks size? He would be Brock.

Well we are just going to have to agree to disagree.

Wrestling just does not mean much in MMA imo. There are guys that used to be good wrestlers that are good at MMA but there are just as good of guys that do not have a wrestling background.

GSP at 260lbs against Brock?? GSP would be favored 3:1.

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!

Brock brings the pain

Interesting fight, I was suprised the fight wasn’t called in the 1st round when Carwin was bringing the rain…he landed some and it looked intense, but Brock was able to block most of them. Had that been an undercard it would’ve been stopped….Impressive choke by Lesnar in Round 2 to force the tap out. Worthy of a rematch at some point….Lesnar showed today that he could weather a storm though….but yes, he still is vulnerable..

here is a good video of it. it is up and working, for now…

http://3xgp.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/04/video-clip-watch-ufc-116-brock-lesnar-vs-shane-carwin-full-fight/

Thanks Perch. That made my morning. What a great fight. Carwin looked to be seconds away from winning that. Brock left way to much space between the 2 of them on the ground. No wonder he got pummeled. I think it was Carwins best chance to let loose like that in the 1st round. He should of went more.

Way to go Brock. Dam that guy can take a punch. Great fight.