Shane Carwin: the career of an American MMA fighter

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Shane Carwin (see photo below) is an American professional mixed martial artist formerly of the heavyweight division of the UFC. He is a former interim UFC heavyweight champion in 2010. Shane's height is 188 centimeters, his arm span is 203 centimeters, and his weight is 120 kilograms. His career spanned from 2005 to 2013.

Has the following stats in MMA: 12 wins, 2 losses. He holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He also owns such styles as boxing, freestyle wrestling and sambo.

Biography

Shane Carwin was born on January 4, 1975 in Greeley, Colorado, United States of America. At the age of six he began to wrestle. He has two bachelor's degrees - in mechanical engineering and environmental technology. Even in his student years, the guy took part in mixed martial arts competitions. After receiving his education, he worked as an engineer, however, he continued to compete in various martial arts competitions, pursuing the goal of getting into the MMA league.

Earlyachievements

While in college, he became a two-time NCAA Division II National Wrestling League Aspiring Champion (in 1996 and 1997). In 1999, he became the US Wrestling Heavyweight Champion in the NCAA League II.

UFC league performances

Before signing with the UFC, Shane Carwin competed in the WEC 17 Pro League, winning his first eight bouts (all in the first round). Carvin became the WEC 17 heavyweight champion, after which he entered into an agreement with the UFC.

Debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship took place on May 24, 2008 in the undercard (preliminary fight before the main fight of the evening) UFC 84 against Christian Velisch. In this confrontation, Shane won by knockout in the first round at 44 seconds. The force of the blow was so strong that Christian Wellisch flew almost through the entire octagon, after which he could not get up on his own.

On October 18, 2008, Carvin competed in Birmingham, England at UFC 89 against Neil Wayne. The fight was one-sided - Shane had the upper hand over the opponent, and already at 1.31 minutes of the first round he hit the opponent with a knockout. The third official fight in the UFC took place on March 7, 2009 at UFC 96. Carvin's opponent was the experienced well-known Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga, who had a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. In the first round at 1.09 minutes, Shane delivered a magnificent uppercut to his opponent, which brought him a victory by knockout. For several minutes, the Brazilian could not regain consciousness.

Memorable fight: Brock Lesnar - Shane Carwin

On March 27, 2010, Carvin competed at UFC 111 in an interim bout with former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. Prior to the fight, Shane posted on his website calling Frank a sports legend and that it was an honor for him to fight such an opponent. In the first round of the fight, Karvin dropped the opponent to the floor, after inflicting several powerful uppercuts from the clinch. He then followed Mir to the ground, where he overpowered him and delivered several heavy blows to his head. The fight ended with a knockout at 3 minutes 48 seconds. It is worth noting that this was the longest fight in Shane's career (at that time).

The victory over Frank gave Carvin the opportunity to compete against the experienced master Brock Lesnar, who was the UFC heavyweight champion. The fight took place as part of UFC 116. In the first round, Shane Carwin constantly dominated both the stand and the ground. Apparently, this state of affairs did not suit Lesnar, so he bounced back in the second, ending the fight with the famous painful hold called the “triangular hold”.

June 11, 2011 Shane competed in the octagon against the Brazilian Junior dos Santos in Vancouver (Canada). Throughout all three rounds, the fight took place in almost equal conditions, however, the judges gave the victory to the Brazilian.

In May 2013, the American announced his retirement, arguing that he had received many serious injuries that prevented him from continuing to fight.

One-armed boxer Shane Carwin

October 15, 2016 Shane competed in a boxing match with professional skateboarder Jason Ellis. Boxing was held according to unique rules - Carvin boxed with one hand (the second was tied to the body). Skateboarder Jason Ellis, despite his advantage, constantly ran away from Shane, afraid to miss a hit. In the first round, Carvin, if I may say so, just dabbled, and in the second he delivered a well-aimed side blow to Ellis's jaw and he collapsed to the floor of the ring. The fight has been stopped.