UFC heavyweight, Shane Carwin has revealed that he is in talks with the UFC over putting together an interim heavyweight title fight between him and Cain Velasquez early next year due to Brock Lesnar’s prolonged absence through injury. Speaking via the Underground forum, Carwin said when asked about the possibility: “We are in talks. I have a knee I am rehabbing and a baby due on the eleventh of February. I am down to do whatever is best for the division. Not sure how important the belt is in that scenario. (There are) lots of great fighters at the top and lots of talented young guns on the way up right now.” Carwin and Velasquez were originally ...

After their initial title fight was scrapped from this month's UFC 106 card, an expected re-booking at UFC 108 between heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and challenger Shane Carwin (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) also appears dead. Heavy.com was the first to report Lesnar's withdrawal, and according to Carwin, he's been notified Lesnar is suffering from mononucleosis and their UFC 108 bout is "not happening." "Brock has mono, and what the UFC has told me is that I have earned the title [shot] but I have to wait for the title holder," he wrote on shane-carwin.com. "I hope Brock gets well soon." Carwin's manager, Jason Genet, confirmed with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) late Wednesday that ...