Heavy.com reports:
Recently published reports indicated that Carwin had undergone knee surgery to fix an ailing knee while waiting for Brock Lesnar to recuperate from his bout with mononucleosis. Carwin did undergo an MRI, which came back as a grade II MCL strain. Carwin was told not to do any grappling for three weeks, which made him unavailable for UFC 108. He is available to fight on any card after UFC 108, but with Brock Lesnar out for an unknown amount of time, Carwin remains in limbo.
This is a relief. The UFC has been utterly cursed recently -- look at this list of announced headlining fights:
- UFC 106 Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin
- UFC 107 Rampage Jackson vs Rashad Evans
- UFC 108 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Cain Velasquez
Alas, fate and The A-Team movie have intervened.
Hopefully, Carwin and Velasquez will get to have the fight that was originally scheduled for UFC 104. It may very well be for the interim heavyweight title if the reports about Brock Lesnar are true.