Ufc 116

[QUOTE=Hicksey;23484]Alf "Anyone here on this board attend the UFC 116 public workout at the MGM this afternoon?" I was there. The only one to take off his shirt was Leben and he actually looked in great shape and I even saw some abs. Carwin and Schaub came out together and mostly did stretching and cardio exercises. Carwin did hit the pads for a bit. Bid power. Bommar did nothing but role. Soszynski kicked the shit out of the pads with vicious leg kicks. He looked good. Akiyama spent the most time hitting the pads and he also practised take downs. He looked very quick but I noticed him stretching his right shoulder after throwing a few right hands. Not sure if he was just stretching or if he twaeked it. Last in was Lesnar who did noithing but hit a pad for maybe 2 minutes. He stood both left and right stance but mostly lefty. His punches which we know is not his strong suit had no snap. He was pushing his punches.[/QUOTE] Yeah the workout video I saw, Lesnar didn't look small. His arms appeared bigger then I remember. His workout was a joke. Take it from a boxing guy, the sound made when hitting the pads isn't important. (I'm not saying Carwin doesn't have great power) Watching the video, he isn't just striking the pads the pad man is throwing the pads at him at the same time which creates a lot more noise. Lesnar has a history of blowing these off. He did nothing. Though I did notice and the one thing I'd tell him, if I could was to pin that left hand to his temple at the beginning of the fight. Carwin hits hard but has the hand speed of a slug. Still think this doesn't get out of the first round one way or the other. Thanks for the update, I skipped through the workout video. I just watched the Carwin and Lesnar parts. Though though leg kicks from Soszynski did sound good... I remember thinking before the cut that Bonner wasn't really losing that fight. (this is a rematch)

I was at the workout as well and wanted another opinion on the fighters. I thought there was some interesting points, but mostly a weak set of workouts all around, much weaker than the Rampage vs Rashad workouts. It's like easy practice and everyone shoots par on the Range. I will post my plays in the next couple of days for UFC 116. Thanks Hicksey for your perspective today, next time we should meet up and discuss the fights there.

[QUOTE=Alf M;23488]I was at the workout as well and wanted another opinion on the fighters. I thought there was some interesting points, but mostly a weak set of workouts all around, much weaker than the Rampage vs Rashad workouts. It's like easy practice and everyone shoots par on the Range. I will post my plays in the next couple of days for UFC 116. Thanks Hicksey for your perspective today, next time we should meet up and discuss the fights there.[/QUOTE] Alf, are you going to weigh-in or fight? I will be at both.

[url]https://heymanhustle.craveonline.com/articles/news/103236-brock-open-work-out[/url] The UFC Heavyweight Champion Has A Shocking Shift In Strategy! The text message on my cell phone had me wondering for over an hour. My boss, the man whose name appears on this website, our own Hustler De Tuti Hustlers Paul Heyman told me to be sure to cover the UFC 116 Open Workout from one side, while my associate Hollywood Charlie covered the very same workout from the other side. As many of you know, Paul is embedded in Camp Lesnar this entire week leading up to what is unquestionably the biggest pay per view event of 2010, this Saturday night's UFC 116 main event for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World, Brock Lesnar vs the undefeated Interim Champion Shane Carwin. When Lesnar arrived for the workout, the fans who were allowed into the public display of Lesnar's size, power, speed, and ability were shocked. PAUL HEYMAN'S TWEET the other day contained zero embellishment. Brock Lesnar is 265 pounds, and will not have to cut any weight for the fight. Lesnar looks amazing, huge and ripped and ready to fight. Lesnar's workout lasted all of about 45 seconds. The message was sent. It was loud and clear. Brock Lesnar had an amazing shift in strategy, no doubt brought on by the addition of Boston boxing legend Peter Welch into The Death Clutch Gym in Alexandria, Minnesota. Brock Lesnar changed his stance. He's hitting hard from the right, but his stance is that of a southpaw. He's bringing knockout power with the left hand now, set up by the jarring right he has crushed Frank Mir, Heath Herring, and Randy Couture with. "I brought Peter Welch in, and we changed my stance and switched from standard ... from traditional ... to southpaw ... and it's really worked out," Lesnar told the fans and media at the open workout, "It's helped in my wrestling, my shooting. We changed a lot of things." Lesnar also provided the pro wrestling moment of the day when he knocked down a poster of Shane Carwin. "I just leaned on it," Lesnar joked, "whoops!" But Lesnar also offered several introspective thoughts. "I'm excited for Saturday night," Lesnar revealed, "A lot of hard work to come from November 6, being in the hospital, to being here and being healthy. To be able to defend a title, it's pretty remarkable." How did he do it? "It's just a lifestyle," Lesnar said, "It's one of those things where you just do it. It was a challenge for me. I overcame this. I got a title defense. These things are exciting for me." With coach Marty Morgan, his Death Clutch stablemates, our own Hustlin' Heyman, the fans, and media all paying strict attention to the commanding presence that is Brock Lesnar, he continued, "Could I have hung it up and stayed at home and been a family man? Yeah, but it's not how I want my career to end. If this thing's going to stop, I want it to be on my terms. I just don't see Shane Carwin being the guy that's going to stop this freight train." Clipped for everyone's perusal.

I will catch them both at home in HD. Enjoy.

PERFORMIFY'S PICKS from MMAJUNKIE.COM Brock Lesnar (-125 at 5Dimes) vs. Shane Carwin (+110 at Bodog) UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) possesses one of the best wrestling pedigrees in the UFC, and I'm not referring to his status as a three-time WWE "champion." Lesnar was a four-time collegiate All-American, a two-time Big Ten champion and winner of the 2000 NCAA heavyweight championship (and placed second in 1999) wrestling for the University of Minnesota, where he amassed a 106–5 record in four years of college. Lesnar is extremely athletically gifted, exceptionally strong, uncannily fast, incredibly explosive, and unbelievably built. His 4XL MMA gloves are the same size used by the behemoth Hong Man Choi, who is 7-foot-2. Lesnar's been away from the cage for almost exactly a year and sidelined by a bout with diverticulitissince after his beatdown of Frank Mir at UFC 100. Ring rust is certainly a concern. Like Lesnar, Shane Carwin (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) is a tremendous physical specimen with strong athletic credentials, including an NCAA Division II wrestling championship, two national runner-up trophies in wrestling, and two-time All-American honors in football. Carwin's elite athleticism has translated well to MMA thus far and gives him a dominant wrestling ability and brutal ground and pound. The 35-year-old Colorado native has never been outside the first round in a fight and has stopped his opponents in an average of a little more than a minute. Carwin is now training with Greg Jackson's elite camp in New Mexico alongside elite standouts such as Georges St-Pierre, Rashad Evans and Nate Marquardt. We've not seen Carwin's cardio tested. But as an NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion and overall elite athlete – not to mention training at altitude in his home state of Colorado – he should generally be expected to have good (if not great) cardio despite all the muscle mass he carries. Carwin is by far the biggest test of Lesnar's short career. Excepting the standard concerns over Lesnar's ring rust, I think that Lesnar has a moderate but marked advantage in essentially every aspect of this fight. Lesnar is slightly larger with at least an inch of height and reach advantage. All indications are that Lesnar is quite a bit faster and may be stronger, especially when it comes to applying his strength inside the cage. While Carwin's power is unquestionable, I think Lesnar will actually have an advantage in the overall stand-up exchanges. Lesnar's striking tends to be more straight line and direct – with better head movement. When combined with his speed and slight reach advantage, I expect he can generally land first in the exchanges. Carwin's been very "hittable" in his past UFC fights, and he got tagged by both Mir and Gonzaga. With the fighter's larger frame, I believe Lesnar will have the advantage in the clinch, and I believe that he also will have the advantage in grappling if the fight does hit the ground. I'm not trying to say this is the "lock of the century." This is going to be a close fight, and even if everything I've said above is true, Carwin certainly has a real chance to win the fight. Both fighters have such incredible power that any one shot could certainly end the fight in either competitor's favor. However, I think Lesnar has sufficient advantages that make him a good bet at the current odds. In short, I think people have slept a little bit on Lesnar since he's been sidelined, and I think bettors are generally overvaluing Carwin's history of first-round knockouts. This line opened with Lesnar around -185. Sources in the gambling industry indicate that this fight likely will be the most wagered MMA fight in history, eclipsing the Lesnar-Mir event from UFC 100. Everyone I've spoken to indicates that the books are all generally exposed on the Lesnar side. So unless the continually lowering odds on Lesnar attract some serious action on the other side, this is going to be either a bloodbath for the books or for the MMA betting public. I'm taking the contrarian opinion to what I'm seeing as widespread public consensus that Carwin is the smart play. I believe at the current odds, Lesnar is the right side. I believe this fight will play out more slowly than most expect with both fighters respecting the others power early. I expect Lesnar to execute an intelligent gameplan of putting Carwin on his back, controlling him, and grinding him down. While I've said that Carwin probably has better cardio, having someone as massive and dominating as Lesnar on top of you for a couple rounds is going to wear out even the most elite athlete. I expect a few rounds of dominating top control from Lesnar followed up by a TKO victory in the second half of the fight.