UFC 116 features Brock Lesnar defending his heavyweight title against interim champion Shane Carwin in one of the biggest heavyweight fights in the UFC.

Shane Carwin (4-0 UFC, 12-0 MMA) won the interim belt after defeating Frank Mir at UFC 111. No one has even got past the first round of a fight with Carwin as fighter after fighter gets KOed by the striker or saved by the ref awarding a TKO.

Brock Lesnar (3-1 UFC, 4-1 MMA) is a former professional and amateur wrestler who took the heavyweight title from Randy Couture and then successfully defended it against Frank Mir who had defeated Lesnar in his UFC debut. Lesnar packs plenty of power, but his strength is his speed and grappling ability.

Lesnar is the early UFC 116 odds favorite going in at -175 while Carwin pays +135.

Middleweights Wanderlei Silva and Yoshihiro Akiyama are co-featured on the stacked UFC 116 card.