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UFC NEWS: Carwin vs. Lesnar; Ortiz vs. Coleman officially announced for UFC 106 in Las Vegas
Sep 14, 2009 - 8:11:12 PM UFC NEWS: Carwin vs. Lesnar; Ortiz vs. Coleman officially announced for UFC 106 in Las Vegas

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The expected UFC Heavyweight Title bout between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin was announced officially on Monday for UFC 106 in Las Vegas, NV, on November 21st.

UFC President Dana White said about the bout, "Brock Lesnar has been tearing through everyone over the last year. But in Shane Carwin, he's not only fighting someone as big as he is, he’s fighting someone who has ended all of his fights in less than three minutes. This is literally the biggest heavyweight title fight ever and may also be the most explosive."

As announced last week, tickets go on sale this week for the event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. UFC Fight Club members get their first crack on Thursday, with newsletter members getting a presale on Friday and tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday.

Lesnar and Carwin chimed in on their thoughts on the fight, with the Champion stating, "I'm excited to get back in the Octagon on November 21st to defend my title. I'm looking forward to fighting Shane Carwin. He's undefeated and I'm the man who is going to put an end to that."

Carwin added, "This fight is going to be different for both of us. We're not used to facing someone who equals us in size. I can see this fight taking place everywhere. We both have wrestling backgrounds, but hopefully we'll get into some exchanges on the feet too."

With Tito Ortiz making his return to the Octagon, he gave his thoughts on his fight with Mark Coleman: "It's great to be returning to the UFC. Styles make fights and our styles are exactly the same. I expect a war and I expect more excitement from this match than anything else this year. There are a lot of people out there that expect me to succeed and there are a lot of people out there that expect me to fail. But I feel great and I'm expecting to win back my belt."

Link to UFC.com announcement

Penick's Analysis: We've known it was coming for some time, but the official announcement can let everyone begin getting excited and speculating on what's going to take place in this Heavyweight Title bout. Lesnar and Carwin are gigantic heavyweights who, as Carwin stated, have similar backgrounds and are not used to facing someone their size. This will be the biggest card of the rest of 2009 and it will be a blast to watch.