So, apparently we all jumped the gun when we said that Brock Lesnar had the swine flu and that’s why he had to pull out of his UFC 106 matchup with Shane Carwin.
Turns out he’s got something worse. Mono. MMA Weekly brings us the following.
Just when the situation couldn’t get any worse… it did.
When Brock Lesnar pulled out of UFC 106 due to illness, most everyone hoped that he had a severe case of influenza and would recover in time to defend his title against Shane Carwin at UFC 108 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas.
Carwin will still get his shot, but the latest news on Lesnar, that he has mononucleosis, will push it back even further, to an uncertain date.
“Guys, my manager, Jason Genet, just told me that UFC 108 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 titleholder,” Carwin wrote in the blog on his official website Wednesday night.
UFC president Dana White later confirmed Lesnar’s diagnosis to Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole, indicating that the UFC heavyweight champion would be unable to train for the next four to six weeks, effectively scrapping any chance at a Jan. 2 date.
Listen, I’ve had mono. It sucks. That would explain all the weight loss that people were talking about with Lesnar. However, it does leave UFC 108, which is supposed to be one of the biggest cards of the year, with Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva as a main event. Unless this happens…
The list of UFC heavyweight title contenders may get a little shorter come Jan. 2… IF a bout between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Cain Velasquez comes together. The fight is being worked on for UFC 108 in Las Vegas.
MMAWeekly.com sources on Wednesday initially confirmed that the bout, reported by Tatame.com as confirmed by “Nogueira’s manager” to SportTV, had been agreed to. Following our initial report, however, additional sources injected some skepticism into the situation.
It appears that certain parties involved want the bout to happen, while others do not, leaving its current status up in the air.
If it does take place, the winner between Nogueira and Velasquez would likely get the next shot at the UFC heavyweight championship.
I would LOVE to see this fight. With Nog looking as good as he did in Japan in his last fight against Randy Couture, this would finally provide the real test of where Cain Velasquez stands at this moment. Is he ready for Lesnar? I don’t think so, but if anyone can be a good litmus test, It’s Minotauro.
Again, it’s not certain, but that has to be some truth to it if MMA Weekly is on top of it.
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