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As previously reported, Shane Carwin will be making his return at ufc 125, though no opponent was mentioned at the time of the reveal. Carwin himself, in fact, made the news of his return on his official Twitter page (@ShaneCarwin), and since then many have speculated who the former title challenger will be facing. In his last outing, Carwin attempted to unify his interim heavyweight title, which he earned with a first round knockout of former champion Frank Mir at UFC 111, when he tangled with the current title holder in Brock Lesnar, at UFC 116 last July. After a dominant first-round turned in, where "The Engineer" was able to drop Lesnar with a barrage of punches, eventually gassing himself when he unloaded a heavy dose of ground and pound that had left Brock on the ropes, but otherwise still in the fight. ...
Standing at 6'11, Stefan Struve is someone everyone notices, in or out of the cage. While he has garnered some disappointing losses since his inception to the ufc in 2009 against division standouts Junior dos Santos (UFC 95) and Roy Nelson (UFC Fight Night 21), he has also picked up some of the best come-from-behind wins, in recent memory. Beginning to make noise in the heavyweight division, "Skyscraper" will meet with perhaps his most well-known opponent to date, when he tangles with internet sensation, Sean McCorkle. ...
UFC lightweights “Saint” Rob Emerson (10-8) and “Carny” Nik Lentz (14-3-2) will matchup at UFC Fight Night 21 in Charlotte March 31, according to MMA Junkie. Emerson won a unanimous decision over "Filipino Assassin” Phillipe Nover (4-3) at UFC 109 in Las Vegas February 6. Lentz fought to a draw with Thiago Tavares (15-3-1) at UFC Fight Night 20 in Fairfax January 11. ...
The Ultimate Fighter 10 champion “Big Country” Roy Nelson (14-4) and 6' 11" heavyweight prospect “SkySkraper” Stefan Struve (23-3) will matchup at UFC Fight Night 21 in Charlotte March 31, according to MMA Junkie. ...
An anticipated matchup between Fighters.com’s seventh-ranked lightweight “KenFlo” Kenny Florian (12-4) and recent UFC signee, former PRIDE champion “Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi (28-6) was announced on the Twitter page of MMA Live, the ESPN.com show Florian co-hosts. ...
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