Yikes

Immediately after the fight I thought, "My god! Shane Carwin is a seriously scary man." After that, my phone received several text messages with the same words, "Holy Shit."

I was very impressed with his tenacity against Mir. I think once the pace settled and they clinched against the cage Mir let his guard down. Then came the storm of left uppercuts that would ruin any normal persons' life.

Carwin's power was known but his speed was surprising. I knew he hit hard, but those shots came so fast. Once Mir hit the mat the punches from the gut wrench and back control looked like a jackhammer landing on Frank Mir's head. In the last 21 seconds of the fight, Carwin landed 22 punches. Maybe not that impressive for a lighter fighter, but when you weigh in at 265 lbs, it's pretty darn impressive.

When Lesnar entered the cage for the post fight interview he looked significantly bigger than Carwin, but there are a lot of reasons - not having to make weight the day before he was walking around pretty heavy, recovering from his illness, putting on lost muscle mass, etc. Nonetheless, Carwin looked like a freak of nature on Saturday night. His "it's destiny we meet" speech helped that image a little bit too.

My first thought after his talk with Lesnar was, "I wonder what he will do when Lesnar puts him on his back?" But that may be wishful thinking. I am already excited for this fight. I'm excited both to see Carwin riding high on this win - coming in fresh and aggressive - and excited to see Lesnar coming off his illness. Will he be willing to bang with Carwin? Doubtful. Will he be able to take Carwin down? Only time will tell. Regardless, this should be a huge money maker for the UFC and the trash talk leading up to it should be entertaining.