Welcome 6th Rounders, to my picks and predictions for UFC 116. “Lesnar vs. Carwin” will air Saturday night via pay-per-view beginning at 10 p.m. EDT (Spike prelims @ 9). This card features a main event featuring a champ vs. interim champ HW bout. A solid line-up calls for solid picks, right? Whether you agree or disagree, leave your thoughts by commenting.
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Spike TV will telecast live coverage of the weigh-ins for the highly-anticipated “UFC 116 Lesnar-Carwin” fight card on Friday, July 2 at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT.  The main event features a showdown between the top two heavyweight mixed martial artists in the world, UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and interim heavyweight titlist Shane Carwin.
Spike TV also announces it will telecast the light heavyweight clash between “The Ultimate Fighter 2″ alum Seth Petruzelli (14-5) and Ricardo Romero (10-1) on Saturday, July 3 at 9:00 PM …

To follow up on the Shane Carwin interview clip from yesterday’s post, enjoy the following extended promotional video for this weekend’s upcoming UFC heavyweight title fight.

With UFC 116 charging forward this weekend like a semi at full throttle, it’s only fitting that we further push the hype with some build-up video.
Shane Carwin explains he’s the better athlete in the clip below:

This year, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® provides another reason to look forward to the Fourth of July weekend as the remaining bouts of UFC 116: LESNAR vs. CARWIN, presented by Bud Light, is now confirmed. UFC 116, which will consolidate the heavyweight titles held by Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin, will be accentuated by some of the most notable fighters in the UFC®. The undercard bouts feature the following matchups: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva, Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle, Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski, Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulous, …