UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has withdrawn from his upcoming title defense against Shane Carwin due to illness, UFC President Dana White told Yahoo Sports on Monday.

“He said he’s never been this sick in his life,” White said of Lesnar. “He said it’s been going on for a long time and he just hasn’t been able to shake it.”

Lesnar was scheduled to face Carwin Nov. 21 in Las Vegas at UFC 106. White told Yahoo, however, that Lesnar has been sick for more than three and a half weeks and has been unable to train. White does not think Lesnar has the H1N1 virus.

Damn, three and a half weeks? That can't be good.

Carwin, via his Twitter feed, said the fight will be rescheduled for UFC 108 on Jan. 2.Y! exclusive: Illness forces Lesnar postponement - UFC - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AvSc5XhEKVCKB_L0D5mTwVA9Eo14?slug=ki-lesnar102609&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)

Damn, three and a half weeks? That can't be good.

well it depends on how you look at it....I think it's great...:killingme

So that pushes Tito vs. Forrest to main event status. Who Co-headlines now?

I was suprised to see that Tito has only had 1 more pro fight than Forrest...this should get Forrest back on the winning track...

Also, do they bump up a fight or two of the prelim card?I would like to see Ben Saunders vs. Marcus Davis or Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni out of any of them I guess

I was suprised to see that Tito has only had 1 more pro fight than Forrest...this should get Forrest back on the winning track...

I sure hope so!

I sure hope so!

Amir's fighting as well....for as good as he was in TUF he was horrible in his last fight....

Amir's fighting as well....for as good as he was in TUF he was horrible in his last fight....

George Sotiropoulos is also on the card and I think he falls in the same category. I thought he was going to be a force in the UFC after I seen him on TUF, but haven't been all the impressed.