Shane Carwin Talks Recovery From Surgery & Returning To UFC | UFC News
By Jamie McAllister
UFC Heavyweight Shane Carwin talks positively about his recovery from surgery and returning to the UFC while on HDNet’s ‘Inside MMA’
Carwin who has not competed since his defeat to now Champion Junior Dos Santos at UFC 131 which was in June 2011.
“The first thing, and this is something I’ve shared with my wife and family, is my love for the sport. This is what I love to do, and it’s something I’m very passionate about. I’m chasing my dream. I’ll see my surgeon, and I think it’s 100 percent, most likely, that I’ll be cleared. What’s going on right now is the nerves in my legs are regenerating from the surgery I had in my mid-back. It was the T-10 through T-11. A bulging disc, ruptured disc, compressed spinal cord. It’s tough to come back from, but I’m excited, and the surgeon has been very positive. One of my concerns is, how is this gonna affect me when I’m 65? Am I still gonna be able to be healthy and move around? He said, with 100 percent assurance, that I’ll be fine. If the doctor said it was a definite risk to my health, yeah, I have a family. I have two kids. I have a loving wife at home, and that’s the most important thing to me is my family.”
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Carwin vs hunt or lavar
I vote Hunt! It makes more sense than a fight with Lavar imo
Hunt just pulled out of bout with struve
Carwin -vs Cromier
I know Carwin is UFC and Cromier is Strikeforce but with one fight left for Cromier in Strikeforce I see a UFC fighter coming over since they have taken all the others and folded them into the UFC
Carwin is a PROVEN steroid abuser who has been JUICING his entire life an dnow is a broken down old man. He will never compete for belt ever again. You can have Nate “THE CHEATS” Marquardts teammate-steroid source as they are both CHEATERS.
One of my favourite fighters… Hope comes back fully fit and ready to mount a proper challenge!!
It’s about time we see you back in there Carwin! I’ve wanted you to be the champion since 2010. It’s time for another run! Couple of decent wins and Carwin will be back in there with the big boys.
I love the carwin vs. Lavar fight and also hunt, hope he gets cleared. Now What does IMO mean? I feel stupid
In My Opinion
No worries, I don’t know all the internet acronyms either, I too like to use actual words…. I think we are a dying breed.
Oh, thanks man
In my opinion
In My Opinion
carwin hasnt got a chance at taking the title anymore Sorry fellas
Everyone said the same thing about Randy Couture and he went on to take the belt from Chuck, Vitor,and tim Silva
just sayin
was just thinking to myself the other day about carwin and was like he must of retired or soemthing because its been like 2 years or a little less since he fought haha i was like did jds shadely kill carwin somehow and nobody is talking about it?
If that wouldve been what happened to carwin I wouldn’t have been surprised, JDS is an assassin lol
Beastmode
Carwin should retire unless he really can’t make good money another way. He doesn’t have a legit shot to win the title anymore
Carwin is done. He’s lost his “eye of the tiger”. Like chuck, randy, rampage, noguera, Tito, kOs, bj, fedor, etc. these guys are ****ing done. 32-35yrs old is when guys start to break or are broken. Freaks with great genetics can push it (randy) but not normal human beings.
Can’t ****en wait for did ****…