UFC 116 will feature Brock Lesnar defending his heavyweight title against an interim heavyweight champion – undefeated – Shane Carwin, plus Wanderlei Silva will take on Yoshihiro Akiyama.

Check out all you can handle UFC 116 news and rumors, UFC 116 Fight Card and Official UFC 116 Website.

UFC 116 ‘LESNAR vs CARWIN’ is scheduled for Saturday, July 3, 2010 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Main Event will feature UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar defending his belt against interim title holder  – undefeated – Shane Carwin, plus Chris Leben Wanderlei Silva will take on Yoshihiro Akiyama.

Main event:

Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin – UFC Heavyweight Championship Title

Main card (Televised):

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben Wanderlei Silva?
Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski

UFC Prelims (Spike TV broadcast):

Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic

Under card (May not be broadcast):

Dave Branch vs. Gerald Harris
Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
Daniel Roberts vs. Forrest Petz

Check out all you can handle UFC 116 news and rumors and Official UFC 116 Website.

Here is a short UFC 116 Video Preview:

Georges St Pierre defends his title one more time against number one welterweight contender Dan Hardy.  Also, Frank Mir and Shane Carwin battle it out for the interim heavyweight title and a shot at Brock Lesnar.

UFC 111 ‘ST-PIERRE vs HARDY’ is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Main Event will feature UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre taking on Dan Hardy plusFrank Mir vs. Shane Carwin.

Main event:

UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy

Main card (Televised):

Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin
Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders
Jim Miller vs. Mark Bocek
Nate Diaz vs. Rory Markham

Under card (May not be broadcast):

Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Fabricio Camoes
Jared Hamman vs. Rodney Wallace
Rousimar Palhares vs. Tomasz Drwal
Matthew Riddle vs. Ricardo Funch

Check out all you can handle UFC 111 news and rumors and Official UFC 111 Website.

Mir will face Carwin at UFC 111 in Newark, NJ for the Interim Heavyweight Title.

Both fighters have expressed interest in fighting one another, and all that is needed to make the bout official is the fighters to agree to the matchup.

Also on the card, Georges St. Pierre will defend his Welterweight belt against Dan “the Outlaw” Hardy.

Frank Mir talks about his recent win over Cheick Kongo and how he’d be honored to fight Shane Carwin at UFC 111.

Mir says that he respects Carwin and sees him as a better version of Lesnar:

“Carwin is a phenomenal match-up, and I think if I can’t fight Brock again to show that I’ve made improvements against that style, I think Shane Carwin is a more than an ample substitution. If anything, I think he’s a better version.”

Carwin wrote on his blog that he sees Mir as a good opponent and a talented fighter. But would he fight him?

“The answer is easy YES! I am not a fighter who decides who he fights, I fight who I am told to fight. I like it that way, I am not trying to build a legacy I am trying to fight the best fighters in the World and determine where I fit in. Mir is a Multiple time Champion, who has been counted out more then Mike Tyson to only find himself right back at the top. He is a LEGEND of the sport and I would be honored to fight him.”

With Lesnar recovering from a severe illness, the possibility of a Mir/Carwin bout becomes more and more likely. In the meantime, we’re waiting for Nogueira vs Velasquez, slated for UFC 110. The winner of that bout will undoubtedly get a shot at the heavyweight title.

It seems that 2009 was the year of injuries and letdowns for the UFC and fans. Almost every card had some last-minute alteration to it. Here are our picks for the top 10 letdowns of UFC fight cards in 2009.

10. UFC 98 – Frank Mir vs Brock Lesnar

What Happened: Mir pulled out due to a back surgery. Fortunately, the fight was rescheduled to UFC 100.

Disappointment Level: “Low” The only annoying thing about this rescheduling was waiting two months for a better event.

9. UFC 108 – Gabriel Gonzaga vs Junior Dos Santos

What Happened: Gonzaga pulled out due to a staph infection. The fight has been rescheduled to an unknown date.

Disappointment Level: “Low to moderate” Santos looked great against Cro Cop and it would’ve been awesome to see his skills against a contender like Gonzaga. Other than that, it’s not a fight to lose sleep over.

UPDATE - Dos Santos is facing Gilbert Yvel at UFC 108

8. UFC 99 – Cain Velasquez vs Heath Herring

What Happened: Heath canceled due to an injury. Cheick Kongo stepped in a few weeks before the fight with little time to train and was beaten by unanimous decision.

Disappointment Level: “Moderate” At this point, people were more interested in this rising star than they were the matchup. We were just as satisfied seeing Cain maul Kongo.

7. UFC 107 – Thiago Alves vs Jon Fitch 2

What Happened: Alves pulled out due to an injury. Mike Pierce stepped in and is scheduled to fight Fitch at UFC 107.

Disappointment Level: “Annoying” Fortunately, Alves pulled out when UFC 105 and 106 were back to back. A lot of the disappointment was lost in the chaos of those two fights but once those fights were done, people realized just how great this fight could’ve been.

6. UFC 108 – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Cain Velasquez

What Happened: Nogueira backed down due to a staph infection. The fight was canceled from the 108 fight card and it is unknown if the fight will occur.

Disappointment Level: “Obnoxious” Everyone has their eyes on Cain and wants to see what he’s made of. We also just saw Nogueira put on an impressive show against Couture at UFC 105. This seemed a perfect matchup for the winner of the Lesnar/Carwin bout (more on that later), until our dreams got smashed.

5. UFC 106 – Tito Ortiz vs Mark Coleman

What Happened: Coleman withdrew due to a knee injury (which spurred comments from Tito and then a backlash from Coleman). Forrest Griffin took Coleman’s place and beat Ortiz by a split decision.

Disappointment Level: “Sigh…” This was Ortiz’s return. What better than two former champs who’ve been around since the early days going at it? Ah yes, the smack talk. And the talk was great… until Coleman pulled the plug.

4. UFC 109 – Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort

What Happened: Silva canceled due to an elbow injury but reports and interviews might point that his elbows were fine and he was disinterested in fighting Belfort. It’s speculated that neither fighter will appear on the UFC 109 card.

Disappointment Level: “Wha-what?” People just want to see Anderson fight again. After his display at UFC 101 against Forrest Griffin, it put him at a level people didn’t realize he was on. Getting hyped up for a Silva fight just to have it fall off saddens an MMA fan’s heart.

3. UFC 108 – Lyoto Machida vs Mauricio “Shogun” Rua 2

What Happened: After an extremely controversial decision, Dana White claimed that a rematch would happen as soon as possible. Unfortunately, Machida had a hand injury and the fight had to be postponed to an unknown date.

Disappointment Level: “Frustrating” The nuisance spurs mostly from the original fight rather than the setback. But still. We finally see Machida’s weak side without anything to show for it. Let’s get this over with and see who’s gonna take it.

2. UFC 106 – Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin

What Happened: Lesnar withdrew from the fight due to an illness he originally thought was swine flu. They tried to reschedule the fight for UFC 108 but after further testing, it was discovered that Lesnar had a hole in his intestine and would not be able to fight for a long time. Dana White hyped it up even more, saying Lesnar may never be able to fight again. Now it’s rumored that he’ll be healed in time for a fight in July, 2010.

Disappointment Level: “Aw, come on!” We were loving Carwin’s mockery of Lesnar so much, we started to get lost in it. Wondering what he’d say next to get at Brock. Then all of a sudden, the line is cut and we’re left with an unknown return.

1. UFC 108 – Rashad Evans vs Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

What Happened: The biggest letdown of the year, if not longer. Rampage wanted to film his new A-Team movie and asked to push the fight back, which caused Dana White to retort. Because of this, Rampage decided he was going to withdraw from the UFC and that was that. After months of mockery, the fight was rescheduled to have Rashad face Thiago Silva instead. A few weeks later, Rampage came back and said he’d honor his original contract continue fighting.

Disappointment Level: “Are you kidding me!?” We endure the standoff after Rampage beat Wanderlei Silva at UFC 92. Then we sit through an entire season of the Ultimate Fighter where they go at it every episode. And then… it’s gone. It doesn’t get much worse than that.

Bonus! 0. DMX vs Eric Martinez

What Happened: It’s rumored that DMX’s manager tried to arrange the fight so that DMX would win. When it wouldn’t go down, DMX pulled out because of “safety reasons.” Now they have Coolio taking his place. Even better.

Disappointment Level: “Who cares?” Either way we’re gonna watch a washed-up rapper from the 90’s make a fool out of himself. What more could we want?

Click on the banner to see the results for UFC 84: “Ill Will”:

B.J. Penn def.Sean Sherk via TKO Round 3
Wanderlei Silva def. Keith Jardine via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Goran Reljic def. Wilson Gouveia via TKO (Strikes) Round 2
Lyoto Machida def. Tito Ortiz via Unanimous Decision
Thiago Silva def. Antonio Mendes via Submission (Strikes) Round 1
Rousimar Palhares def. Ivan Salaverry via submission (armbar) in round one
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Kazuhiro Nakamura via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Rich Clementi def. Terry Etim via unanimous decision
Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Jon Koppenhaver via submission (anaconda choke) in round one
Dong Hyun Kim def. Jason Tan via technical knockout (strikes) in round three
Shane Carwin def. Christian Wellisch via knockout in round one