Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin TUF 16 Coaches.

[ante_up81]

Why do people want contender fights and title belts held up by this show? Not only that but the injury bug has burned many of these coach fights..

[Onion]

Yea this is the most irrelevant fight since Tito vs. Shamrock. Guy's are names but they're not exactly title contenders yet.

[Spectre]

There's a good chance that Nelson might actually die in this fight.

[Greezy]

becaue of this show children all over the world wear tapout shirts on the playground!

[LordZardoz]

I don't think you actually read the post that you're responding to. "Cardio probably goes to Roy, although Carwin's was good in the beating he took from JDS."

JDS beat Carwin by being better at pretty much every aspect of mma, not that it's even relevant to the discussion.

I suppose I was a bit unclear. I actually favor Carwin's cardio over Roy's if this fight starts to run into the 3rd round or later, especially if Carwin shows up in the same kind of shape that he was for UFC 131. Nelson's cardio has been getting better, but he still looks rather awful in the late rounds.

In any case, I am not sure this fight reaches the 3rd round at all anyway.

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[Emmery Myers]

They passed up Bonnar Forrest for this? wtf

[checkraiser]

I suppose I was a bit unclear. I actually favor Carwin's cardio over Roy's if this fight starts to run into the 3rd round or later, especially if Carwin shows up in the same kind of shape that he was for UFC 131. Nelson's cardio has been getting better, but he still looks rather awful in the late rounds.

In any case, I am ot sure this fight reaches the 3rd round at all anyway.

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If this fight gets to the 3rd they might as well hand them pillows. Dont mind this fight but coaches.....really?!

[contradictor]

AARP is rooting for Carwin because he advocates keeping government's hands out of Medicare.

[Best80smovieRAD]

Nelson and Carwin going at it on twitter and delete tweets

mmajunkie

Shane Carwin (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Roy Nelson (17-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC) don't like each other – that much is clear.

The two went at it Thursday via Twitter, with Nelson inviting Carwin to set up a pay-per-view sparring session and Carwin bashing Nelson's possible coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter 16."

Then, almost as soon as it began, both fighters deleted from their accounts almost any trace of the skirmish.

From the announcement that the two would serve as coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter 16," which begins filming next month and debuts in September on FX, Carwin and Nelson took shots at each other. Carwin called Nelson a "keyboard warrior" who cowardly talked trash to him, and Nelson said Carwin made him feel "icky."

The comments were good copy, as were those on Twitter, and neither fighter could be blamed for trying to hype a reality show that saw sagging ratings in its previous season.

Carwin, though, said he's serious about his dislike for Nelson.

"It's a guy that I look forward to fighting," he told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) shortly before he and Nelson engaged online. "I don't like him, and I know he doesn't care for me, so it makes for an easy fight and some motivation."

Nelson was unavailable for comment. On Twitter, he ratcheted things up a notch by implying Carwin was using steroids.

"Why wait [until] December we can see if we can get on @ufc 151," Nelson wrote. "Is this enough time to cycle off?"

In 2010, Carwin was implicated in a federal investigation into steroid distribution, but never was charged with a crime.

Carwin, in turn, attacked names Nelson mentioned as potential for his coaching staff on "TUF 16," which included former steroid dealer turned anti-doping advocate Victor Conte and former Olympian and WWE wrestler Kurt Angle, calling them "convicted criminals."

Conte went to jail for money laundering and conspiracy to distribute steroids in connection with the BALCO scandal that rocked professional baseball. Angle was arrested four times for driving while intoxicated and twice convicted.

The finale for "The Ultimate Fighter 16" is set for December, though Carwin, who will return to action after more a year and a half on the sidelines due to injury, said a date has not been set for his fight with Nelson.

Nevertheless, more fuel has been added to fire between them. If Twitter is any indication, they are likely to clash when the cameras roll.

[Onion]

Still a few months before the fight, but this might not be good news.

@ShaneCarwin

ATTN UK FANS: I hurt my knee training and I will not be able to make the signing with the amazing people @FearlessUK #Disappointed

https://twitter.com/ShaneCarwin/stat...40119083192320