UFC 108: Lesnar Out, Cain v. Big Nog In…

So, apparently we all jumped the gun when we said that Brock Lesnar had the swine flu and that’s why he had to pull out of his UFC 106 matchup with Shane Carwin. Turns out he’s got something worse. Mono. MMA Weekly brings us the following. Just when the situation couldn’t get any worse… it did. When Brock Lesnar pulled out of UFC 106 due to illness, most everyone hoped that he had a severe case of influenza and would recover in time to defend his title against Shane Carwin at UFC 108 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas. Carwin will still get his shot, but the latest news on Lesnar, that he has mononucleosis, will push it back even further, to an uncertain date. “Guys, my manager, Jason Genet, just told me that UFC 108 is not happening. Brock has mono and what the UFC has told me is that I have earned the title shot, but I have to wait for the titleholder,” Carwin wrote in the blog on his official website Wednesday night. UFC president Dana White later confirmed Lesnar’s diagnosis to Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole, indicating that the UFC heavyweight champion would be unable to train for the next four to six weeks, effectively scrapping any chance at a Jan. 2 date. Listen, I’ve had mono. It sucks. That would explain all the weight loss that people were talking about with Lesnar. However, it does leave UFC 108, which is supposed to be one of the biggest cards of the year, with Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva as a main event. Unless this happens… The list of UFC heavyweight title contenders may get a little shorter come Jan. 2… IF a bout between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Cain Velasquez comes together. The fight is being worked on for UFC 108 in Las Continue reading UFC 108: Lesnar Out, Cain v. Big Nog In…