Former UFC Champ Shane Carwin Announces Retirement

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Former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin (pictured) unceremoniously announced his retirement via Twitter Tuesday evening.

“Officially retired 2day:-) thank you to my family, friends and fans! #dreambig GOD BLESS!!!” Carwin tweeted.

Injuries likely lead the 38-year-old to his decision to hang up his mixed martial arts gloves. Carwin underwent a “foraminotomy” in November of 2010 to enlarge the passageway where the spinal nerve root exits the spinal canal. Surgeons removed bone and/or tissue that obstructed the passageway and pinched the spinal nerve root, which often caused severe inflammation and pain.

Carwin thought he was in the clear until an October 2011 MRI revealed a disc in his lower back had penetrated into the nerves. His doctor gave him two options; retire and postpone surgery for a few years or undergo the operation to resume his career.

The charismatic slugger opted to go under the knife again, but hasn’t been seen since.

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Lesnar whooped his ass.

Just think now if Mir retires.........Lesnar would have an insane resume of fighters retiring within a few years of losing to him.

Couture, Carwin......Mir?

Don't forget Heath Herring, he never fought again. Cain and Overeem are next BOOM headshot.

Ahh, but they both beat Lesnar. Does the Lesnartirement Theory still work on fighters who were successful against him?

They felt the wrath. Lesnar pitied them and let them live.

Min Soo Kim

loss- Henry Miller TK - The Khan 2 Nov / 27 / 2009 KO (Punches and Knees)
rd1 1:12

win- Ikuhisa Minowa K-1 HERO's - HERO's 2007 Oct / 28 / 2007 TKO (Punches)
rd1 3:46


loss- Brock Lesnar K-1 HERO's - Dynamite!! Jun / 02 / 2007 Submission (Punches)
rd1 1:09


Lost to Lesnar, fought twice afterwards, and then hasn't been seen in 3 and 1/2 years!!!

lol

Never too keen on Carwin since the Steroid scandal of 2010. Although never testing positive he did get a whole lot of roids through the mail.

Bloody Elbow Aug 16 2010:

Top-five ranked UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin has been named as one of 22 professional athletes who obtained steroids from an online pharmacy based in Mobile, Alabama, according to the Alabama news site, Al.com

Carwin was named as a past customer of Applied Pharmacy Services (APS) after a federal judge handed one of its pharmacists, J. Michael Bennett, a four-year prison term for selling anabolic steroids produced in Mobile.

Carwin had no comment, but plans to make a statement at a later date, his manager Jason Genet said when reached by MMA Fighting.

The government's case against the pharmacy, which earned convictions against five men, charged that APS shipped over 750,000 dosages of steroids to 17 different "rogue" doctors and clinics over a two-year span from Aug. 2004 to Aug. 2006. Prosecutors reportedly referred to the defendants as "drug dealers in lab coats."

Carwin was named as one of the recipients by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donna Dobbins. The 35-year-old Carwin made his mixed martial arts debut in Oct. 2005 but did not join the UFC until May 2008....

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/8/16/1625619/early-fallout-of-shane-carwin