Brock Lesnar too ill to fight at UFC 106; must have been someone he ate

Brock Lesnar has withdrawn from November 21’s UFC 106 due to illness. The news is all over the internet – I heard it from “Showdown” Joe Ferraro – and Sherdog has confirmed it. Seems the UFC heavyweight champ has been very sick and can’t shake whatever he has. Must have been someone he ate. (Make whatever jokes you want about what he has; I’ve already heard “swine flu” seven times so be creative.)

As for his opponent, Shane Carwin, there’s no upside to him accepting a replacement opponent for a non-title fight and he’s posted on Twitter that he’d like the fight moved to UFC 108 on January 2. That would make for an exceptional year-ending/beginning card. The headliner for that event is currently a middleweight title bout between Anderson Silva and challenger Vitor Belfort, but with Anderson coming off elbow surgery and seemingly reluctant to fight anybody, I could see the UFC replacing that fight with Lesnar-Carwin.

Now, what do they do with UFC 106? I’m sorry, but Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin is not a headliner, even with the UFC debut of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (against Luis Cane) also on tap. Suddenly, UFC 105 isn’t looking so bad.