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UFC QUOTABLES: Lesnar camp says Champ felt "really bad" for having to pull out of UFC 106 bout
Oct 27, 2009 - 11:14:03 AM UFC QUOTABLES: Lesnar camp says Champ felt "really bad" for having to pull out of UFC 106 bout

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"He actually practiced (Sunday) and thought he might be feeling alright. He said, 'Wow, I think I’m doing OK today,'(Monday) he got here and it was the same old stuff — fatiguing right away, not being all there... After practice we were all sitting around, we were actually going to come back later at night to work out again, and he basically told us, 'Hey guys, I'm going to pull out of this thing.'... There's a lot of cases of [H1N1] around here. There are a lot of confirmed cases of it. I don't want to say it's that for sure, but it wouldn't surprise me...He was very excited for this fight. He was always in good spirits. I could tell he was kind of let down today and he told us he felt really bad."

-Chris Tuchscherer, training partner of UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, talks to the Las Vegas Sun about the ailment that forced Lesnar to pull out of his UFC 106 bout with Shane Carwin, now tentatively rescheduled for UFC 108 on January 2nd.

Penick's Analysis: It sounds like Lesnar tried to battle back but with so little time left until the fight wouldn't have been able to effectively train. The push to January may end up working out for the UFC, and it definitely makes 108 one of the stronger cards in the UFC's history.