Shane Carwin Talks Loss At UFC 131, Can't Remember Much Of Fight

After a devastating loss to Junior Dos Santos this past weekend at UFC 131, Shane Carwin took to his blog to discuss the loss and how he was feeling post fight.<Br><Br> The following is an excerpt of the blog posting, who can check out the full post HERE:<Br><Br> "Heading into the fight with Junior I knew that I was up against one of the best strikers in the division if not in MMA. He is powerful, accurate and as we saw on Saturday night he is able to take a punch to give a punch. <Br><Br> Regardless of the obstacle the opportunity was too great to pass up.<Br><Br> As the fight started I just did not feel like myself, I wasn?t able to get my feet moving and Junior capitalized quickly. As he was pummeling me I kept trying to find a way to defend myself so Herb would not stop the fight. Junior was landing solid shots and that is where probably he broke my nose. <Br><Br> From that point on the rest of the fight was essentially Junior executing his game plan. His jab was extremely effective and he used the jab to set the pace of the fight. <Br><Br> The end of the fight was pretty much a blur. Junior was a better fighter than I was last night. His boxing was better and he used his boxing to take me out of the fight. I have nothing but respect for Junior and his camp. He deserves the title shot.<Br><Br> After the second round I knew I was in trouble. My nose made it impossible to breathe, my eyes were full of blood and Junior was still coming at me. When the ref stopped the fight in the third, I thought it was over. When the doctor came in the octagon I knew it was going to be up to me to sell them on letting me continue. I knew I was in deep trouble but I also knew that all I needed was one clean shot. I wanted to keep myself in the fight. I wasn?t able to see but I said I could and we continued. <Br><Br> When the final bell rang there was no question in my mind who won the fight. I was pretty out of it and needed some medical care. The adrenaline was leaving my body and the pain was coming on pretty fast.<Br><Br> After they raised Juniors hand my corner got me back stage to the doctors and it was decided that I needed to go to the emergency room. I did my mandatory drug test and got in the ambulance and went to the hospital.<Br><Br> I wasn?t able to attend my own after party due to my hospital stay and injuries. After the hospital I went back to my hotel and today I flew home to Colorado. <Br><Br> I called my Mom to let her know I was okay and to have her help my wife prepare my son for what he was about to see. I then called my manager and really that is about all I have done since the fight. <Br><Br> I have had a lot of time to reflect on the fight and while I have not seen it and due to the damage I incurred I can?t recall much of the fight. What I do know is this I am a guy learning how to fight at the elite level. Most of my pre UFC fights were just on a whim. If it wasn?t for guys like Bob or Bean I might not even be here. <Br><Br> My heart can?t be questioned, I think I showed that I have the cardio to fight at this level and I just need to work on my technique. Yes I can knock just about anybody out but I have to continue my quest to become the best fighter in my division.<Br><Br> Being in wars like I was in last night are important test for your career and I am confident I belong in the cage with the best fighters in the world. I need to keep working hard on my technique and testing myself. There are no easy fights at this level, no gimmes. I have to get my nose fixed and once the swelling goes down I need to have my cheek looked at as it may be broken. I can?t wait to heal and get back into the gym and begin working on my game.<Br><Br>

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The MMA Wrap-Up: UFC 131 Edition

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After an eventful night in Vancouver for UFC 131, the MMA Wrap-Up returns to look at how we ended up with so many lopsided scorecards after so many close fights.

Chances are that the answer will just depress you, so consider yourself warned.

 

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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/06/13/ufc-131-mma-wrapup/

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Programming Reminder: Countdown to UFC 131 debuts on Spike TV tonight

Heavyweights Junior Dos Santos and Shane Carwin will clash at UFC 131 on Saturday, June 11th from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Go behind the scenes the fighter’s training and personal lives on Spike TV’s Countdown to UFC 131 which debuts tonight, Wednesday June 8th at 6:30pm. Programming Reminder: Countdown to UFC [...]

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Bisping interview: The Brit is glad to be back, but far from thrilled with Miller choice

It's been a while since we've seen Michael Bisping. For many, the last memory is him spitting at a cornerman following his destruction of Jorge Rivera at UFC 127.

Bisping has returned to the UFC and was given a plum spot on Season 14 of "The Ultimate Fighter." As taping for TUF 14 began last week in Las Vegas, Spike allowed media members to speak with Bisping (video-NSFW).

The Brit traveled a rocky road after UFC 127. Many around the sport wanted the Brit to suffer a steep penalty for his actions. When pressed about his critics, Bisping was predictably outspoken.

"Those guys need to get a [expletive] grip on themselves, I apologized to Jorge Rivera and his camp for spitting on the floor because that's not the way I should've been acting," Bisping said. "I'm yet to hear an apology from him for insinuating that my girlfriend has chlamydia and all the other [expletive] he talked about. I was man enough to do that, he wasn't. Next question!"

Bisping defended his actions towards Rivera cornerman Matt Phinney.

"It wasn't a spitting incident. I spat on the floor because the guy was talking about my family and if i talked [expletive] about your family, I'd expect you to spit on the floor and show contempt for me as well," Bisping said. "The guy's an absolute piece of [expletive]  and that's what I think and that's what I showed him."

Bisping is ready to move on against another antagonist in Jason Miller. Miller is a pretty accomplished middleweight and recently crossed over as a television star with his show "Bully Beatdown" on MTV. That said, a lot of MMA fans aren't familiar with Miller because he was fighting outside the UFC and that concerns Bisping.

"I can understand it, he got a bit of a crossover but I wasn't overly thrilled that he's going to be my next fight," Bisping, who was hoping for Chael Sonnen or another well known 185-pound contender in the UFC.

Bisping also knows Miller is a rough fight.

"I'm not underestimating him. I'm not saying he's a lesser fighter than me, but in term of world rankings and getting a title shot, I don't think he's going to progress me in my career," Bisping said. "He's a very tough fight and in some ways a bad matchup because I'm going to be expected to beat him. He's obviously looking to make a name on my back."

Miller and Bisping will meet on Spike at the TUF 14 Finale in December. Miller has won seven of his last 10 fights. The only blips on his resume are a disqualification against Ronaldo Souza and a decision losses to Souza and Jake Shields. That's two of the top submission artists in all of mixed martial arts.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Bisping-interview-The-Brit-is-glad-to-be-back-?urn=mma-wp3507

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TONIGHT: MMATorch Tuesday Livecast - HeavyMMA's Duane Finley joins the show to discuss TUF 13 Finale, UFC 131 and more on new edition of Internet call-in show with Penick & Hansen

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QUOTABLES: Sam Stout discusses brutal knockout win over Yves Edwards at UFC 131

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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"I saw... he folded right up and went down and hit the back of his head pretty hard. I had my eyes right on his eyes and I saw them roll back, so I wasn't going to go in and try to do any more damage than was necessary.

This is just a sport to me and I'm not somebody who's trying to hurt anybody. And Yves Edwards is a guy with class and I've respected him for a long time. He's a good guy. He gave me a cookie at the weigh-ins. I'm not going to try and hurt a guy like that.

I've been calling myself 'Hands of Stone,' and I haven't knocked anybody out in the last five years, so I was starting to get a little worried about it.

It was definitely a big relief to get that knockout. It was a good feeling that I haven't felt in a while and I think you can see if you go back and watch the tape of my celebration, it got extended a little bit. I was jumping up and down and screaming for a while. It feels good to be knocking people out again and I hope to keep it going."

-Sam Stout discusses his "Knockout of the Night" over Yves Edwards at the UFC 131 post-fight press conference (transcribed by MMAJunkie.com).

Penick's Analysis: Dana White called it "one of the nastiest knockouts" he's ever seen, and it certainly was brutal. Edwards' head bouncing off the canvas was sick, and him being out for several minutes was a scary sight, but the best part of that sequence was Stout recognizing the clear KO and withholding any further damage. It's far too rare at times to see someone hold up when it's clear their opponent is out, so it was refreshing to see Stout's sportsmanship in that spot after delivering one of the more brutal knockouts you can see. The punch was perfectly placed, and it was absolutely huge for him after failing to finish any of his previous ten UFC opponents.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9619.shtml

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PENICK: Original UFC 131 headliner Brock Lesnar facing tougher heavyweight landscape upon return in 2012

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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This weekend's UFC 131 event was supposed to be Brock Lesnar's quickest path to a shot at regaining his title. However, with the resurgence of his diverticulitis and subsequent surgery taking him out of the event, Lesnar's return to action won't come until the beginning of 2012, where he'll be looking at a very different heavyweight landscape in the UFC.

After an embarrassing TKO loss to Cain Velasquez in October, where he stumbled around the cage after getting knocked off his bearings before finally getting put away, Lesnar's image took a hit. A lot of fans and writers took to the internet to proclaim the end of the "Brock Lesnar Era," with many believing he was simply going to tuck his tail between his legs and leave the sport as he had walked away from a number of other endeavors.

But Lesnar had no intention on riding off into the sunset. He took a coaching spot on The Ultimate Fighter, sacrificing six weeks of time at home in Alexandria, Minn. to be filmed and coach a group of fighters in Las Vegas opposite Junior Dos Santos. The subsequent fight with Dos Santos could have put Lesnar into a rematch with Velasquez in the fall, along with a shot at redemption for what happened in October.

Now, though Lesnar's surgery was a success and all signs point to him getting back by the beginning of next year, he may have a more difficult path to go through before getting another shot at the title.

The UFC's heavyweight division is likely going to be infused with the top guys from Strikeforce by early 2012. The Heavyweight World Grand Prix continues next week with Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum and Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers. However, while they are currently still talking as if the tournament will be contested to completion, the booking of Nick Diaz vs. Georges St. Pierre has opened the door for fighters crossing over, and it could lead to the rest of the tournament not necessarily taking place as planned.

With fighters like Overeem, Werdum, Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva, Sergei Kharitonov and more likely entering the mix, Lesnar may need to win more than just one fight in order to get another shot at Cain Velasquez, or whomever may be the champion at that point.

The winner of the UFC 131 main event between Shane Carwin and Junior Dos Santos will face Velasquez in a bout that's likely to take place in October. If that's the case, the winner of that fight will likely be ready to then defend the belt again in early 2012 himself.

Lesnar's not going to be thrown right into a title fight upon his return, so he won't be the one getting that fight. In his return fight, he's likely looking at a bout with the loser of this weekend's main event, or possibly the loser of the title fight in October. Other options might be a third bout with Frank Mir, or perhaps a fight with one of the fighters crossing over from Strikeforce.

Whether that happens depends on if the tournament actually does play out to completion. If it does, the winner will be crowned in the early months of 2012. If the plan is to have the winner of that tournament fight the UFC Heavyweight Champion, that fight wouldn't take place until sometime in the summer, meaning the earliest Lesnar would possibly get an opportunity would be sometime in the fall or winter of 2012. That would likely mean him taking another fight in the summer if he makes a successful return at the outset of the year.

Of course, that path is contingent on him coming back strong and defeating whichever opponents he's matched up against. But the quick path to the title shot will no longer be there for him upon his return. There's going to be a lot of talent "in the mix" by the beginning of next year, and the waters will be a lot murkier at the top than they are right now.

That doesn't mean Lesnar can't get back to the top, though. Depending on how this illness continues to affect him (or how well he's able to combat it with his diet and more), and depending on how his recovery from surgery goes, he could be back a lot stronger in the winter. Adding another signature win or two over a couple of big named opponents would make for an even bigger title fight down the line, and those added fights would give him even more in-cage experience.

In the end, the return of the illness could end up being the best thing for his career. A win over Dos Santos would have sent him into the rematch with Velasquez, and it could have proven to be far too soon. He'll have more time to recover and improve now, and though he'll be out of action for over a year his return will still be highly anticipated.

We haven't seen anywhere near the end of Brock Lesnar, but he's going to have a much longer path back to the top with this delay than he was otherwise facing. The UFC's purchase of Strikeforce assured the eventual entrance of more talent to the division from that roster, and it's going to mean a lot more competition at the top by early 2012.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/penickstake/article_9569.shtml

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