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Published: July 2, 2010
On Saturday July 3rd from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Nevada its UFC 116 with the heavyweight title on the line. World Champion Brock Lesnar will square off with interim champion Shane Carwin for the undisputed UFC Heavyweight title in a five round fight with three minute rounds. Bell time is scheduled for 11:45PM Easter Time and you can watch it on Pay-Per-View.
A check of the odds reveal Brock Lesnar as the opening -185 favorite with Shane Carwin the underdog bringing back +150. The early money has poured on the underdog. The current betting odds at Bodog sportsbook reveals Brock Lesner as the -145 favorite with Shane Carwin the underdog bringing back +115.
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Brock Lesnar steps into the UFC cage with an MMA record of four wins and 1 loss in only 5 professional matches. Lesnar has 2 wins by knockout, 1 by decision and 1 by submission.
Lesnar is coming off a TKO victory by punches over Frank Mir in UFC 100 nearly 1 year ago. Brock’s absence from UFC was due to a medical problem. The UFC Heavyweight champion contacted a serious intestinal illness that required surgery. It forced the champion to withdraw with a fight with Carwin at UFC 106.
Brock Lesnar is on a three fight winning streak with victories over Randy Couture and Heath Herring prior to his win against Mir. Lesnar at UFC 100 was able to avenge a loss to Frank Mir in his second professional fight and first with UFC at UFC 81 on February 8th of 2008 by knee bar submission.
Shane Carwin enters his much anticipated bout with Brock Lesnar with a perfect professional record of 12 wins and 0 losses with 7 wins coming by knockout and 5 by submission.
Carwin is coming off a knockout win over Frank Mir at UFC 111 in March of 2010. The win gave Carwin the interim UFC Heavyweight title.
Prior to that victory it was Carwin with a knockout victory over Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 96 in March of 2009.
The 35 year old has been fighting professionally for nearly 5 years and is making his 5th career fight with the UFC promotion. He debuted in Las Vegas at UFC 84 with a knockout win over Christian Wellisch in May of 2008.
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Shane Carwin has never gone farther than round 1 in any of his 12 fights. The longest time he has been involved in an MMA fight in the ring is three minutes and forty eight seconds in his victory at UFC 111 against Frank Mir.
Carwin like Lesnar has an NCAA collegiate wrestling background. He owns an NCAA Division II national championship he earned in 1999 and had two runner up results in 1996 and 1997.
Lesnar won his NCAA wrestling national championship in 2000. Carwin will be a strong test for Lesnar as he fights an MMA artist who possesses the most power packed punch he has faced in his entire career.
Lesnar’s camp reports the World Heavyweight champion to have regained his full fighting weight during his recovery from his intestinal illness.
