Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin - An Explosion of Catastrophe

BALTIMORE — Even if Shane Carwin becomes the UFC's interim heavyweight champion this weekend, he probably still won't quit his day job. The 35-year-old mechanical engineer with a very sympathetic boss works at the North Weld County Water District in northern Colorado. He also has a wife, a son and a newborn daughter who need attention. In his spare time, he's a fast-rising mixed martial artist preparing to fight two-time former champion Frank Mir for a title belt. At UFC 111 in Newark, N.J., on Saturday night, the big-punching former college football player will get the shot he was denied twice last year by champion Brock Lesnar's lingering intestinal illness. No matter what happens at the Prudential Center in ...

MANCHESTER, England – UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has already re-scheduled his bout with Shane Carwin twice. Now it appears to be off indefinitely. At Saturday night's UFC 105 post-event press conference, UFC president Dana White said the mononucleosis that had been bothering Lesnar is still present, but the champ is now suffering a new set of illnesses, as well. "I am worried about it," White said. "I can't really talk about it right now, but [Lesnar] is in rough shape. He's in really bad shape. "I'm actually probably going to fly to go see him, and we're going to probably have to do some stuff to take care of this guy. He is not well, and he's not ...

If Brock Lesnar has been ill with flu for the past few weeks, how was he able to attend a Minnesota Vikings game just over a week ago - and even blow the honorary Viking horn before the game commenced? That question is just one of several being asked by fans who are sceptical that Lesnar has withdrawn from the UFC 106 card for legitimate health reasons. Yahoo! Sports columnist Kevin Iole has a weekly ‘mailbag’ feature, in which he responds to letters and questions from fans. The question of Lesnar’s Vikings game attendance was brought this week, and Iole says that following a conversation with UFC president Dana White, it appears that ...

Brock Lesnar at Vikings vs Ravens game