UFC 131 (Vancouver): Carwin vs. Dos Santos

[VanCitySportsGuy]

The card is almost set:

Carwin vs. Dos Santos
Maia vs. Munoz
Florian vs. Nunes
Cerrone vs. Danzig
Jon Olav Einemo vs. TBA

Soszynski vs. Pokrajac
Stout vs. Edwards
Bongfeldt vs. Weidman
Poirer vs. Young
Ring vs. Head
Beltran vs. Herman
Omigawa vs. Elkins

[thorne666]

Interesting. How will Brock hold up to another dangerous striker? It will be very interesting to see how/if he adjusts.

I'm looking forward to seeing Carwin back in action. His last fight was against Mir, right?

If everything holds up, it should be a pretty good night of fights.

[Sandman42]

Quote: Originally Posted by thorne666

Interesting. How will Brock hold up to another dangerous striker? It will be very interesting to see how/if he adjusts. I'm looking forward to seeing Carwin back in action. His last fight was against Mir, right? If everything holds up, it should be a pretty good night of fights.

His loss to Lesnar was his last fight.

[ex carrabba fan]

I'm hyped to see Shane back in there!

I was so sick of hearing how unbeatable Brock was after Brock pulled a rabbit out of hat against Shane.

IMO Shane will beat Brock the next time they fight, assuming Carwin has stayed in shape and focused.

[daniverson1973]

I think this fight is more important to Brock than any other fight in his life.

If he doesnt come back strong and WIN, he's gonna forever have this reputation as a big superstrong man that can't handle technical striking high stamina guys

IMO dosSantos is very similar to Cain, just much taller, and a brazilian fighting background
he's definitely not as quick, but he wont be taken down easily by Brock, and if he does, he'll know more what hes doing in guard than Cain would (BJJ)

As much as I like Brock, I dont see him winning this fight, I dont think he's had enough time to improve his standup/clinch game as much as he needs to, nor does he have that much actual mma experience, and JDS has been grappling/fighting since he was a kid (its a HUGE cultural thing down in Brazil)

NOW, a Cain-dosSantos fight could possibly be the best HW fight in MMA history; I may even splurge and buy a ticket to see it live, big maybe
PPV for sure, a given...

[jeremym480]

Carwin is set to face Jon Olav Einemo

[ex carrabba fan]

Cain was able to handle Brock because Cain is a supreme wrestler who was able to get out of Brock's take downs. I dunno about Dos' ability to do so. But yeah, I think Brock could go nighty night because Dos' power is top notch.

Quote: Originally Posted by jeremym480

Carwin is set to face Jon Olav Einemo

Who?

Apparently he hasn't fought in 5 years.

[Sandman42]

Carwin will straight up murder him on the feet, but if he doesn't end it early and Lactor Acid Monster shows up again he can be tapped by Einemo easily.