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Just watched a couple of the DREAM fights. Mazzagatti could learn something if he watched them too. In the Sakuraba fight he was taking a pounding while try to work a submission which would have been stopped 3 times over in the UFC. He eventualy got a leg submission and put it on hard got the win and Lil Cro Crop looked like he suffered an injury. Sakuraba would have never had that chance on the otherside. Eddie Alvarez looked impressive again and I think he stands a good chance to beat Aoki on New Years Eve.

[NCRadioMan]

Lesnar Sick Withdraws from Nov.21 Card

UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has withdrawn from his upcoming title defense against Shane Carwin due to illness, UFC President Dana White told Yahoo! Sports on Monday.

Lesner said he's "never been this sick in his life," White said, according to Yahoo. "He said it's been going on for a long time and he just hasn't been able to shake it."

Lesnar was scheduled to face Carwin Nov. 21 in Las Vegas at UFC 106. White told Yahoo!, however, that Lesnar has been sick for more than three and a half weeks and has been unable to train.

Carwin posted on his Twitter account that he was "very disappointed." Sherdog.com has been unable to reach Carwin.

Later, he wrote "...Looks like it is posponed till Jan. 2. I had the H1N1 flu virus myself and I understand how devastaing it can be."

White told Yahoo! he doesn't think Lesner has H1N1.

UFC 108 is scheduled for that date at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

"It's disappointing hearing about your career and life through the media," Carwin wrote in another message.

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Ortiz vs. Griffin Bout Will Headline UFC 106

After today's big announcement that Brock Lesnar would have to withdraw from his UFC 106 title defense against Shane Carwin, the UFC announced that the main event slot will now be the light heavyweight bout between Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin.

The Ortiz-Griffin bout is a rematch of their UFC 59 bout in April of 2006, a bout that Ortiz won via split decision.

The bout will be Griffin's first since suffering a first-round knockout loss at UFC 101 in August to UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Ortiz is coming off of a major loss as well, as he last fought in May of 2008, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to current UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, in a bout that many thought would be Ortiz's swan song in the UFC.

The UFC announced that Lesnar had been out of training camp for nearly a month due to his illness, and they are hoping to have his fight with Carwin re-scheduled for early 2010.

UFC 106 take place on November 21st inside the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

[ActionAndy]

Well the card for 106 sorta looks like a snooze, to be honest. I favor Griffin in that match, though I can't really come up with a brilliant analysis to support that statement. I just feel like Ortiz is done being a threat.

[zitro_joe]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

Well the card for 106 sorta looks like a snooze, to be honest. I favor Griffin in that match, though I can't really come up with a brilliant analysis to support that statement. I just feel like Ortiz is done being a threat.

Dont judge too quick! UFC 95 looked like it was going to as action packed as a Sunday golf match. However, it turned out to be one of the best cards I have ever seen. The fights were great.

Then, there was UFC 76, which was inapropiatly name "Knockout" 6 of 9 fights went to decision, 1 went 4:45 into the third round.

[kgoings]

A bit late, I did think when they announce 'unanimous decision' that it was going to be Rua, but I wasn't super surprised it went the other way. All I saw Shogun do was kick Machada in the leg all night long. He wasn't 'fighting to win' he was 'fighting not to lose'. His corner kept telling him he was winning so he didn't push it. I though it should have been a draw, neither fighter took many chances and kinda just sparred the entire 25 minutes. I agree with what the announcers were saying all night long, you gotta BEAT the champ to take the belt and I dont think Shogun did anything to BEAT the champ...but the champ didn't do anything either.

And on the early stoppage of Velasquez/Rothwell, Rothwell was getting up, but during the flurry when it got stopped, Rothwell kinda paused getting up and then continued getting up after the fight was called. I think that pause is what prompted the stoppage. It was like he wasn't doing anything, but I figure he was shifting his weight or something that I couldn't see. It was gonna be over real quick anyway.

[yachties23]

Without GSP, Lesnar defending their titles, and Silva basically unbeatable at 185, there are almost no good title fights out there. Its kinda disappointing.

[kgoings]

Originally Posted by yachties23

Without GSP, Lesnar defending their titles, and Silva basically unbeatable at 185, there are almost no good title fights out there. Its kinda disappointing.

I think UFC 107 and 108 will have some great fights.