The UFC today announced the long-rumored UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin event, scheduled for July 3rd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with a heavyweight title fight between champ Brock Lesnar and interim champ Shane Carwin serving as the main event. UFC president Dana White discussed the bout in the press release:
When people wonder why the heavyweights capture the imagination of all fight fans, it’s because of guys like Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin," said UFC President Dana White. "Not only are they great athletes and former national wrestling champions, but they both have the ability to end a fight with one punch. This is one of those fights that you won’t be able to turn away from because it can be over in a split second, and when it’s over, only one will walk away as the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion of the world."
In addition to the heavyweight championship main event, six other rumored fights were made official. The card now includes:
- Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin
- Wanderlei Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
- Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos*
- Roy Nelson vs. TBA*
- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar
- Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
- Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
- Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown
- Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
- Julio Paulino vs. Daniel Roberts**not yet announced
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