UFC 116 on Saturday night in Las Vegas is topped by a exceptional competition in the heavyweight division as champ Brock Lesnar challenges interim champ Shane Carwin. It will likely be a battle of brute force that should be really engaging for as long as it lasts. Lesnar has bullied his way through all of his opponents thus far in UFC betting odds but Carwin has the strength to come right back at Lesnar.

Lesnar is a -170 fave at the online MMA betting sports books.

Lesnar is preferred in UFC odds but Carwin is quite capable of winning this fight. He has the strength to knock Lesnar out and not many fighters in the UFC can say that. None of the 12 opponents to fight Carwin has ever made it out of the 1st round. Lesnar is aware of Carwin’s strength and has been training to avoid it. Lesnar has not fought since July of a year ago due to the fact of a serious illness. With the strength of these 2 fighters, the bount should end early, though if the fight was going to be a long 1 that may be a concern.

Most of Lesnar’s results comes from him being at the far end of the 206-265 pound heavyweight range. He surely leaves folks who gambled vs him second-guessing their choice when he completely dwarfs his opponents.

Shane Carwin is unbeaten 12-0, has a lot of knock-out strength in his fists, and has never left the 1st round of a fight. On his road to the championship shot, Carwin has defeated a couple challenging opponents.

There are five fights on the main card for Saturday night. It will likely be Yoshihiro Akiyama battling Chris Leben, Matt Brown vs Chris Lytle, Stephan Bonnar versus Krzysztof Soszynski and Kurt Pellegrino versus George Sotiropoulos additionally to the championship competition between Carwin and Lesnar. The fight between Akiyama and Leben is considered a co-feature but the truth is it’s not given that Carwin versus Lesnar is a standout fight. Leben was not even meant to be in this competition vs Akiyama but Wanderlei Silva got hurt and had to pull out. Akiyama has said he does not truly want to be at UFC 116 in any way since he cannot fight Silva but money talks so he’ll be there. A more engaging competition may be the 1 between Brown and Lytle. This fight might easily get Fight of the Night honors since they both love to slug it out. The competition between Bonnar and Soszynski is a rematch from UFC 110 betting odds when Bonnar lost considering of a cut.

The fighters featured in the UFC 116 odds contest aren’t pretty well known fighters, specifically on the preliminary card, in contrast to a number of the most recent UFC gambling competitions. The preliminary card kicks off with 2 fights televised on Spike TV. It is Brendan Schaub vs Chris Tuchscherer and Ricardo Romero competing with Seth Petruzelli. The other 4 matches on the preliminary card have Goran Reljic versus Kendall Grove, Gerald Harris versus Dave Branch, Daniel Roberts versus Forrest Petz and Jon Madsen versus Karlos Vemola.


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