UFC 131 Interview: Shane Carwin "Somebody Is Going Down on Saturday Night"

Shane Carwin has lost 20 pounds of unhealthy weight and you can certainly tell it by looking at him. He looks considerably leaner and less imposing than he has on previous occasions leading up to his fights.

Carwin was on hand for a brief workout and media scrum this afternoon in Vancouver, and Carwin 2.0 has definitely made some diet and lifestyle adjustments and he spoke to the media about it today.

"Camp was great man, everything is okay and, I was able to work on a bunch of things and I'm just excited to be able to get back in there and compete I mean this is what I love to do."

A lot of the initial questions dealt with the last time we saw Carwin in the cage against the man he is replacing in this fight Brock Lesnar.

"I always tell myself, when I left that cage I left it all in there. There was nothing more that I could have asked my body to do. I think that fight taught me some things about life and fighting, and things I needed to change."

When asked to elaborate on what he learned about life, he quickly responded, "Well, Josh Ford taught me a lot about what nutrition really is, he taught me about eating healthy and eating for recovery and I think most of all longevity. I'm a family guy and I want to be around for a long time."

Attention then shifted to the fight on Saturday night.

"This fight is going to be exciting fight you know, this is a fight for the fans. When you look at Junior and what he believes in and when you look at me and what I believe in you know somebody is going to go down on Saturday night."

That mentality is the perfect tonic for the UFC and their fans right now and I absolutely cannot wait to see this fight.

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Dwight Wakabayashi is a Feature Columnist for Bleacher Report MMA (also a Correspondent for MMACanada.net).

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