By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN NewsLAS VEGAS, Nevada - The battle for the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight title is the talk of the town in Sin City as it is happening on a 4th of July weekend, another income drawing event for Las Vegas.
Reigning champ Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin, 2 of the best and former national wrestling champions, will collide and strut off their real “combat” skills in the Octagon.
Thousands of UFC fans as well as a-list celebrities are expected to watch the fight live on Saturday at the MGM grand garden arena.At the pre-fight press conference, the UFC championship belt is the main attraction.
“I take every fight in the UFC, UFC and the heavy weight division is full and bunch of heavy weights. I don’t care who you are fighting next, it’s gonna be a tough fight. I know that every fight that I’m gonna get into will have a tough opponent so I better be well prepared,” said Carwin.
“Shane is a stand up guy he is a tough heavy weight there is no slouches in the heavy weight division there really isn’t,” said Lesnar.
Carwin added that he may be the underdog for this fight but his undefeated record proves that he has determination and strength to go for a win.
Pacquiao fan
Meanwhile, Japanese Yoshihiro Akiyama, the only Asian fighter on the fight card, admires boxing superstar “Manny Pacquiao.”
“By watching Pacquiao, I gained a lot of courage…and I want to be like him. And also to show that an Asian fighter can also perform well in a world class stage,” said Akiyama.
Akiyama was supposed to fight Wanderlei Silva but due to a rib injury during training, Silva was replaced right away with Chris Leben.
Leben and Akiyama will slug it out as the co-main event of UFC 116.
UFC 116 will air live on Balls on Sunday 10:00 a.m. with a replay on Studio 23 at 10:00 p.m.
Source: abs-cbnnews.com
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