Mir favored over Carwin
Date: 2010-03-07 00:00:00
Source: http://www.sportsbookgurus.com/news/frank-mir-favo...
Submitted By: MMAFightsDump
With Brock Lesnar expected to be out of UFC action for several more months the interim heavyweight title for UFC is on the line March 27th when Frank Mir and Shane Carwin meet in the Octagon at UFC 111. Mir puts the title up for grabs, while Carwin is the UFC’s top contender. The veteran Mir boasts an overall MMA record of 13-4. He last fought in December at UFC 107 against Cheick Kongo, in which he won by submission in the opening round. Mir is renowned for his submission skill-set and devastating striking abilities. Mir lost to Lesnar back in July of last year at UFC 100 in the second round by technical knock-out. In that match up he was unable to get Lesnar in the positions needed for him to have the advantage. Against Carwin, Mir will try and execute his game-plan to get him on the ground and try to submit Carwin. Mir can change the pace of any fight, and immediately take it to the ground. He will have to upper-hand is he is able to do so. On the other side of the ring, Carwin comes in with an unblemished 11-0 record. He has had success thus far in UFC, but knows that a match up versus Mir will be one the most difficult to date. “This fight with Frank is my career balled up into 25 minutes. If I beat Frank I answer questions about who I am and what I can do in this sport. If I don’t I am just another heavyweight in a sea of great fighters. I know when I wake up in the morning and I can barely walk out the door to start my morning run that I am giving it 100% of my effort,” Carwin remarked. “That is all you can control in life, giving 100%. I train and live like each fight may be my last and to move ahead I have to make a statement.” Carwin excels with his relentless fighting style and determination. He refuses to lose, and gives everything he has into the fight. If he is to take down Mir, Carwin will have to formulate a plan to combat Mir’s attempts to submit him, which Carwin’s knows he will try to do. Keeping the fight standing, and being patient is what Carwin will have to try and do if he to be successful in this match up. MMA Sportsbooks are favoring Mir in this match up, as he has been installed a -160 favorite to retain the interim heavyweight title according to Bodog Sportsbook. Carwin has been established as a +130 underdog.
