UFC 111 Preview: Shane Carwin Talks Frank Mir - "I Will Be Ready for a War"
by Nick Thomas on Mar 6, 2010 12:42 PM EST
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"As most of you know my wife and I had our baby girl on the 24th. Lani was due the 11th and was induced on the 22nd and had a long labor. Alexia Carwin (Lexi) was born at 0024 on the 24th. I was back training on the 25th."
... "My boss actually got on me this week for looking half dead at work and not being on it. With the new baby, training and working I am really under a ton of pressure. This is the biggest fight of my life, the longest training camp of my life and I am trying to be a good father and husband to my wife."
"You know they say you are never given more then you could carry in life. I can say I have had days where I question that theory."
"This fight with Frank is my career balled up into 25 minutes. If I beat Frank I answer questions about who I am and what I can do in this sport. If I don't I am just another heavyweight in a sea of great fighters. I know when I wake up in the morning and I can barely walk out the door to start my morning run that I am giving it 100% of my effort."
"That is all you can control in life, giving 100%. I train and live like each fight may be my last and to move ahead I have to make a statement."
"Thank you to the supporters and fans that will tune in to watch this fight. Win or Loose I guarantee you I will be ready for a war. I have trained harder then I have before, I have sacrificed my mind and body for this opportunity and honestly I can't wait to release this built up pressure and aggression on Frank."
Follow my progress on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shane-Carwin) on twitter.com/shanecarwin or my social networking site www.shane-carwin.com.
-- Shane Carwin also talks about his full-time engineer job after the jump.
HT: mixedmartialarts.com
"I love my job. I was raised my a single mom who worked her ass off to provide for my brothers and I. She said "Being a man is about taking care of the important things in life, provide for your family, then sports". So I have and will always be a guy who works."
"That being said it is not a 9-5 punch the clock type of job. My boss is usually very flexible as long as I get my work done."
"I train 4-6 hours a day 6 days a week."
"No disrespect taken. The sport is not my job, I fight because I love to fight. If it ever became a job I might not want to do it."
"Like I said I do not punch a time clock. I needed a few weeks off I took it, I need to train longer I do."
"If anyone suffers it is me. That being said no fighter lives this sport 24 hours a day. When they are done training (the same time I am) they go hang out with friends, party, play xbox, or chill. I go to my office where I work on my hydraulic models making sure water is getting where it needs to go."
"My job is not a distraction."
"Not to mention I have a 9 year old boy that is very impressionable. He has suffered with me when the NFL teams stopped calling and I was told I would not be able to compete anymore. He is the main reason I do this. I want him to know that you can do great things in life but your values need to be in line."
"Family
Country
Faith
Job
Sports"
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This is one of the best guys in combat sports. He is a class act and understands what the meaning of ROLE MODEL is. I wish more athletes had his attitude. Good luck in his match against Mir because he is seriously over-matched.
I agree Shane Carwin is a class act by and large, that said I don’t agree that more athletes should try to be like him, they are human beings and they have no obligation to be our shining examples. You want role models look to your local volunteers and the people who give of themselves for those less fortunate.
by Worldisart on Mar 6, 2010 1:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
nah I prefer the trash talkers like Mir and king mo
by kanodogg on Mar 6, 2010 3:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He gets on my nerves with his holier than thou bullshit, but I can’t even get annoyed by that anymore. He’s a f’n saint. It would be great to have more people like him in this world
by MikeD32 on Mar 6, 2010 12:54 PM EST via mobile reply actions
He has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Environmental Technology.
The job Carwin has is working for a water district, where he developed and works on their hydraulic model while also doing infrastructure reviews.
That's really awesome...
Good to see some applied brains behind the brawn for once.
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….which nonetheless do not enable him to spell ‘lose’ correctly.
by WanderleiNoooooo! on Mar 6, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Well this was posted on the UG, half the people there probably don’t know how to spell it right.
by ufc4 on Mar 6, 2010 1:47 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
country and faith
is made up nonsense. Everybody has them.
This guy is not the sharpest tool in the shed apparently.
Go Mir!
I liked Carwin
right up until he mentioned faith.
I always want overtly religious fighters to lose.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
by Llewdor on Mar 6, 2010 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Honestly what the hell does it matter if he's religious or not?
"That's right I'm into hardcore crack, that's why my teeth are so bad"
Wow...
I know what it means t have a new born and still have work full-time…but to have a high level MMA fight with all the training, press and stress to add to that?
I had thought Carwin would be able to take out Mir, he is a Lesnar who can strike. But not now. Mir is way too experienced and focussed to be taken out by a guy is not 100% percent prepared.
I like Mir in this one
I think Mir will have the better and faster stand up so the question remains can Carwin take Mir down easily …Carwin never really showed his wrestling because he didn’t really have to.
I see Mir winning here by submission or decision …maybe I couldn’t be more wrong tho :)
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A fighter says he is ready for a war. Every fighter in almost every fight says that.
Carwin is a sweetheart of a guy,and he’s very honest.Can’t knock a guy for that.Even with his distractions,the guy poses the worst stylistic matchup possible for Mir-a guy who can dish out a lot of punishment.If Mir can take more than one or two flush shots from Carwin and not go into his classic fetal position,I’m impressed.
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It’s a little disrespectful to other fighters for him to act like this is a hobby of his.
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Ben Franklin
You know what else is pretty disrespectful? The way that he doesn’t let other guys fight for more than 2 minutes.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 6, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions 11 recs
I’ll bet you a wooden nickle that Mir fights him for more than 2 minutes.
by ufc4 on Mar 6, 2010 4:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
nah as long as he is competitive, it’s all good, IMO he hasn’t been tested yet really, of he bets Mir then you can say he’s for real.
yeah he’s beaten gonzaga, but the fighters that have beaten gonzaga via ko/tko reads like a who’s who
by kanodogg on Mar 6, 2010 3:27 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
So Gonzaga only loses to good fighters, but you don’t consider Carwin a good fighter yet? Seems odd.
by ufc4 on Mar 6, 2010 4:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
no.. pretty much everyone gets included in a who’s who book, that pays the fee, I’m implying that everyone has beaten gonzaga
by kanodogg on Mar 6, 2010 5:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, Randy Couture and Fabricio Werdum. Terrible terrible fighters.
The man known simply as "Christmas Cheesesteak"
if you get tko’dby couture, then yeah I’d say you are turrble
by kanodogg on Mar 6, 2010 7:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He is not giving 100 percent to fighting....
Carwin has alot on his plate. Unfortunately, that is not going to help him against Mir. The guy is still WORKING full time? Spending time with his wife? WTF?
Those are things you should not have to worry about heading into the biggest fight of your life.
Hopefully he learns a lesson if he loses. Quit the bullshit and focus on fighting.
I have a wife and kids and work full time for the military. It takes an act of god to get me into the gym 3 times a week…. and usually that’s to work out with my squadron.
Carwin is out of his mind.
Wow, so having a job and spending time with your family is “bullshit”? You’re getting awfully mad over something that’s none of your business.
by ufc4 on Mar 6, 2010 4:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You do realize that Carwin is in his mid-to-late thirties and has made it very clear that he knows that he doesn’t have long in this sport. Having a full time job and providing for his family is hardly “bullshit,” and it is smart of him to keep his job because he knows he won’t be fighting for very long but has to provide for him and his family for life. Carwin is hardly out of his mind in that he has had more success in MMA than most full-time fighters will ever have.
I agree but not for the same reason – I think at this point there’s so much Carwin can do to add to his game …so another hour or two of training a day probably wouldn’t make the difference (if it’s even possible – he’s probably giving his best for 5-6 hours a day and can’t physically train anymore) . So if mentally working doesn’t bother him too much , and maybe even takes his mind off the fight , good for him .
Yet I think regardless of how well he trains , Mir is going to be too much . Carwin looked VERY slow against Gonzaga . Still a very interesting fight though…
This fight with Frank is my career balled up into 25 minutes
This is only three rounds right?
How did I end up on this bandwagon and why does everything say property of Chael Sonnen?
Interim title fight.5 rounds if it goes the distance,which it won’t.Mir has only gone 3 rounds once in his career,and that was when he was at his absolute worst.All his other fights haven’t made it out of the second round.Carwin hasn’t made it past the mid-way point of the first round.This fight has first round KO or sub written all over it.
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Agreed, but something about the potential for a five round fight increases my excitement.
How did I end up on this bandwagon and why does everything say property of Chael Sonnen?
consider me shocke if it goes to r2
by kanodogg on Mar 6, 2010 5:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Carwin iz an awesome guy....
win lose or draw.. he’z my fav fighter….. w/ Frank Mir a close second… This fight iz gonna be OFF THE CHARTZ!!
"If I told you I was good, you would think I am boasting. If I told you I was not good, you would know I am lying" Bruce Lee
Until quite recently,fighters had no choice but to work full time,and train when they could.Even now,I’m betting Carwin is making better money at his day job than in the UFC.Sad,but true.I doubt if he’s making more than $50K a fight,not counting FOTN-type bonus checks.
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BROCKLESNARRR!!!!!
Is one man. 99% of fighters don`t make shit.
Keep firing Assholes!
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Um, I’m pretty sure Corey Hill might disagree with you on the care the UFC gives their fighters.
"I hope he tries to stand with me. That'd be great, I'd love it." - Heath Herring UFC 87 pre-fight interview.
by Earl Montclair on Mar 6, 2010 5:28 PM EST up reply actions
Paying a hospital bill and having health insurance are two entirely different things. Not so sure they’d have done the same if he fell down the stairs at home and broke his leg.
by ufc4 on Mar 6, 2010 7:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'd like Carwin more if..
he hadn’t stopped to shameless self promotion, on twitter no less, for his current push.
I’d like him even more if he hadn’t looked like straight up garbage against Gonzaga.
He may be a nice guy, but he’s the most undeserving HW in the current Mir-Carwin-Cain-Nog-JDS crowd.
"Ready for War"??
Oh my god, that is so disrespectful. First to our Returning Global War on Terror Heroes (RGWOTHs – formerly “veterans”), and secondly to Frank Mir.
For shame. For shame.
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