Dos Santos Destroys Carwin!

Vancouver, Can.- Junior dos Santos and Shane Carwin entered the octagon at the Rogers center to determine who would be the number one contender for Cain Velázquez’ UFC heavyweight title. What transpired, over the next fifteen minutes, was one of the biggest one-sided thrashings between two top contenders, in the history of the UFC heavyweight division. From the opening bell, dos Santos showed better boxing, footwork, and a bigger arsenal of punches, hurting Carwin early and often.

Dos Santos dropped Carwin near the cage and started to unload on him with clubbing right hands, while Carwin covered up ala Brock Lesnar.  Still dos Santos did the one thing that Carwin did not do when he had the title in his grasp, he let Shane up.  Carwin’s face was painted with blood as he looked up in disbelief that dos Santos was letting him up. Once back to his feet, dos Santos put on a boxing clinic, sticking the jab in the determined but tired Carwin’s face. Mixing in a few take downs, in the next two rounds, to put a stamp on the clear victory, dos Santos proved, once again, that being able to bench four hundred pounds means nothing, if your fist can’t find the target.

Cain Velazquez Heavyweight Champion

Dos Santos’ next fight will be against Cain Velázquez, the undisputed Heavyweight Champion. He is already the favorite. As for Shane Carwin, he will have to decide which style of fighter he’s going to be: a slow clubber (who will have trouble with any fighter with good hands that is faster then he) or (back to roots and God given talent) a wrestler who grounds and pounds his opponents into submission.

We will see how this all falls into place, but whatever happens, one thing is for certain, with the acquisition of strike force’s heavyweights, the division is alive once again.

- The Boxing King -