Associated Press
LAS VEGAS -- UFC heavyweight contender Shane Carwin says he's pulling out of a high-profile New Year's Day bout with a back injury.
Carwin (12-1) announced his decision on his blog Tuesday. He was expected to fight Roy Nelson in the co-main event at UFC 125 in the MGM Grand Garden.
He says he has unspecified damage to his back that may require surgery.
Carwin was unbeaten until his second-round submission loss to Brock Lesnar last July.
The UFC has no obvious replacement for Carwin in his fight against Nelson, which could have set up the winner with a chance to face new heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez later in 2011.
Frankie Edgar will defend his UFC lightweight title against Gray Maynard in the main event at UFC 125.
the amount of ok with this i would be. no body better to test roy instead a monstrous power guy, then a guy whose, probably better at him than everything.
The Nog fight is a very good suggestion and would be a good match up. However I can sadly see a Big Country hayemaker overhand right putting Nog to sleep................ again.
These are the two top UFC grappling HWs. What better time to make that fight happen then now.
Both have KO stand-up, Nelson has the better chin. It would be an eliminator fight with a win and then a another win over Schaubb, Madsen or Mccorkle making them #1 contender.
Schaubb, Madsen, Mir, Mccorkle or Nelson are next in line. Both Brock and Shane are two fights away, though Shane is getting old as $hit.
I can only really see mir taking his place, unless they choose to push schaub. I would hope nelson would beat mir, would love to see that. Massive shame this fight isn't gonna be nelson vs carwin cause i was so excited to see if nelson could take punishment from carwin like he did against JDS.
Seriously why are people bringin up Shchuab? Seriously Roy has had 3 fights in the UFC in less that a year and we are already doing rematches? It wasn't close or controversial. No rematch necessary.
Nelson's been around, it's not like he just jumped into MMA when he signed up for TUF. He was a trainer and HW BJJ competitor before MMA. As far experience goes, he's been around...lot longer than Brock, Shane, JDS and Cain..
I would've said either Mir or Rothwell. Rothwell had a fight with the #2 contender and so did Nelson with Cain and JDS. And Frank vs. Nelson would've been good because of both of their bjj backgrounds and Nelson's ability to take a punch combined with Frank's improved standup.
Guys like Carwin Mir and Brock need a boxing coach. the level of striking in MMA is embarassing. These guys lack basic fundamentals and they are imitating fighters. None of them would last a round with a top 25 boxer
I know he's not sure what he is doing with his life right now, movies/mma/lhw or hw, but I would like to see Randy vs Roy Nelson.
I think it would be a great fight, I know it probably has no real significance to the HW title picture but it would still be an interesting and entertaining fight.
A Randy Vs Roy fight would be great for PPV buys too, and could be a good last fight for Randy as it seems of late he is looking to retire soon.
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