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Shane Carwin is the babyface to Brock Lesnar's heel - except in the UFC, the finish isn't planned out backstage.

By Greg Savage, sherdog.com
UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will meet Shane Carwin in his second title defense at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Sherdog.com has confirmed the news through several sources with knowledge of the agreement. MMAMadness.com was the first to report on the card shift that will see Carwin move from a scheduled bout against Cain Velasquez at UFC 104.

Carwin has not answered calls for comment, but posted a message on his official Web Site Wednesday night.

"I can't confirm or deny anything. I can just tell you guys that I am training harder then ever and your support and loyalty will carry me through any fight they send my way," he wrote.

Just received this message from Steve Blackman, who has an MMA academy in the Harrisburg area:
We had a great night in VA this weekend at Barbarian Fight Club Field of Glory Show - 5 fighters on the card and 5 wins.

Plus Chris Young Won the 170 Barbarian Title Fight - What a battle - it is the type of fight that the fans want to see - Joe Yates from the Kennel Club is one tough fighter.

Recairdo Magrum, Darrell Horcher, Nick Gentile, and Mike Diggs where the other Blackman fighters. See www.blackmanmma.com/results.html for pics. This was Nick's LAST amateur fight - He has his debut Pro fight in Hamburg, PA on Friday Aug 28. www.blackmanmma.com/news.html for more info.

Sherdog message board member AnaCondomChoke made this post: "Dan LeBetard, as much as I hate him, just said on PTI (Pardon The Interruption) that the UFC "came out" Saturday into the mainstream and it was all thanks to Brock Lesnar. LeBetard called Lesnar "the biggest villain in mainstream sports" and he's right. The short-term thinking and reaction by fans is that "Oh, he dissed us and the sponsors and made us seem like pro wrestling." The long-term is he's become up there with TO and Bonds and other "bad boys" of legitimate sports. Those people are draws. Bonds saved the Giants from bankruptcy and legit helped attendance across the league. TO gets ratings for his games. And they can back it up, just like Brock.

Face it, people are STILL talking about the UFC, STILL talking about Brock Lesnar. You can't BUY this type of publicity. And the fact that all the "old people" are dissing it will make it MUCH more attractive to that key demographic of 25-49 year old men.

Thanks to bloodyelbow.com for posting it first.

Steve Blackman, far right, with his crew at the June 20 Barbarian Fight Club event.

Steve "The Lethal Weapon" Blackman, a former WWF wrestler - who often partnered with Ken Shamrock - has had great success with his MMA team, located in Harrisburg. By the way, A recent message sent to me said, "Jeff Smith just won a 145 title bout at Barbarian Fight Club's Stompin' Grounds along with 4 other wins and one decision loss. check it out at www.blackmanmma.com/results - this is our third amateur belt title this year!

Before the aforementioned Stompin' Grounds, Steve Blackman's MMA fight team will be well-represented at Barbarian Fight Club's Taste of Fury event this Saturday.

Here are the Blackman fighters scheduled at this event:
MW Boris Rakita

FW Mike Diggs

Barbarian Fight Club, an MMA organization that puts on amateur events in Virginia, will features no less than six members of Steve Blackman's MMA fight team - hailing from Harrisburg - at the upcoming Stompin' Grounds event on June 20. Here they are:

LHW Micah Morris

WW Chris Young: