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Brock Lesnar, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s massive heavyweight titleholder, was forced to withdraw Monday from his highly anticipated Nov. 21 title defense in Las Vegas against Shane Carwin. UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to Yahoo! Sports. White said Lesnar has been ill for ...
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Brock Lesnar's training partner talks about decision to pull out
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Brock Lesnar Pulls Out of UFC 106 Title Fight With Shane Carwin
Bloody Elbow — ... Kevin Iole has the story: UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to Yahoo! Sports. White said Lesnar has been ill for more than three-and-a-half weeks and unable to train. With the bout at UFC 106 less than a month away, Lesnar was forced to postpone the title defense. "He said he's never been this sick in his life," White said. "He said it's been going on for a long time and he just hasn't been able to shake it." Dana White is having a terrible autumn. Between Rampage Jackson walking out on UFC 107, the ugly ...

Lesnar Out of UFC 106
MMA Opinion — UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC, #2 IWMMAR) has been forced to drop out of his title defense at UFC 106 due to illness. According to a report by Kevin Iole, Lesnar has been unable to train for three-and-a-half weeks. Title contender Shane Carwin (11-0 MMA, 3-0 MMA, #5 IWMMAR) expressed disappointment with Lesnar dropping off, and I’m sure fans will reciprocate, as Lesnar is the UFC’s largest draw and the event was supposed to be a huge title fight between two mammoth heavyweights. At present, the ...

Brock Lesnar Withdraws From UFC 106 Due To Lingering Illness
MMA Convert — From out of left field: Brock Lesnar, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s massive heavyweight titleholder, was forced to withdraw Monday from his highly anticipated Nov. 21 title defense in Las Vegas against Shane Carwin. UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to Yahoo! Sports. White said Lesnar has been ill for more than three-and-a-half weeks and unable to train. With the bout at UFC 106 less than a month away, Lesnar was forced to postpone the title defense. “He said he’s never been this sick in his life,” White said. “He said it’s been going on for a long time and he just hasn’t been able to shake ...

Brock Lesnar Withdraws From UFC 106 Due To Lingering Illness (Update)
MMA Convert — From out of left field: Brock Lesnar, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s massive heavyweight titleholder, was forced to withdraw Monday from his highly anticipated Nov. 21 title defense in Las Vegas against Shane Carwin. UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to Yahoo! Sports. White said Lesnar has been ill for more than three-and-a-half weeks and unable to train. With the bout at UFC 106 less than a month away, Lesnar was forced to postpone the title defense. “He said he’s never been this sick in his life,” White said. “He said it’s been going on for a long time and he just hasn’t been able to shake ...

Brock Lesnar withdraws from title fight with Shane Carwin
Watch Kalib Run — ... Kevin Iole breaks the story, UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to Yahoo! Sports. White said Lesnar has been ill for more than three-and-a-half weeks and unable to train. With the bout at UFC 106 less than a month away, Lesnar was forced to postpone the title defense. "He said he's never been this sick in his life," White said. "He said it's been going on for a long time and he just hasn't been able to shake it." This certainly opens the door for Cain Velasquez, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Junior dos ...

Brock Lesnar Pulls Out Of UFC 106 Title Defense Against Shane Carwin
FIGHTOFTHENIGHT.COM — It has just been announced that one of the UFC’s biggest draws, heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has today been forced to pull out of his title defense against Shane Carwin after being struck down by the flu. Dana White broke the news to Kevin Iole on Yahoo! Sports. “he’s never been this sick in his life,” White said. “He said it’s been going on for a long time and he just hasn’t been able to shake it.” Lesnar is not believed to have fallen victim to swine flu, but having been ...

Lesnar/Carwin at 106 scrapped
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap — Shitty news from Kevin Iole: UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to Yahoo! Sports. White said Lesnar has been ill for more than three-and-a-half weeks and unable to train. With the bout at UFC 106 less than a month away, Lesnar was forced to postpone the title defense. “He said he’s never been this sick in his life,” White said. “He said it’s been going on for a long time and he just hasn’t been able to shake it.”… Carwin (11-0), who made several appearances in Los Angeles on Saturday to promote the fight, was clearly ...

Brock Lesnar Out of UFC 106 Main Event
MMAFighting.com - The Mixed Martial Arts and UFC News Website — In a major blow to the Nov. 21 UFC 106 card in Vegas, the heavyweight championship bout between titleholder Brock Lesnar and challenger Shane Carwin has been scrapped. Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Lesnar withdrew Monday from the main event due to an illness that has sidelined him from training for over three-and-a-half weeks."He said he's never been this sick in his life," UFC president Dana White told Yahoo! Sports. "He said it's been going on for a long time and he just hasn't been able to shake it." At the time of the report, White said he was uncertain if the Lesnar-Carwin fight will be postponed or if Carwin will receive ...

UFC NEWS: Brock Lesnar forced out of UFC 106 main event due to illness
MMATorch.com — ... less than a month away. White told Iole, "[Brock] said he's never been this sick in his life. He said it's been going on for a long time and he just hasn't been able to shake it." At this point White hasn't decided if Carwin will still be on the card. The November 21st event is set to take place from Las Vegas, NV, and would have marked a major drawing event with Lesnar on top along with a co-main event of Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin II. Link to Original Source Article Penick's Analysis: Well this sucks. Carwin would ...

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( Good job, Brock, now the whole stadium's sick. Photo courtesy of Vikings.com via MMA Mania . ) Look, we're all disappointed that Brock Lesnar isn't fighting Shane Carwin next month . But it's not like he's battling a case of the sniffles here. Reports coming out of the Lesnar camp suggest ...
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Yahoo Sports, White said Lesnar has been ill for more than three-and-a-half weeks and unable to train. With the bout at UFC 106 less than a month away, Lesnar was forced to postpone the title defense. “He said he’s never been this sick in his life,” White said. “He said it’s been going ...
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