Mir/Carwin for interim title...........

[The Ravishing One]

On Wednesday it was made public that the UFC is looking to book an interim heavyweight title fight between former champ Frank Mir (13-4) and top challenger, Shane Carwin (11-0).

Carwin noted from his personal website, shane-carwin.com, that he would “be fighting in Newark, N.J. at UFC 111. I have not signed any contracts yet but I have told my manager to inform UFC matchmaker that ‘I accept the offer.’”

Former heavyweight title holder Mir talked to the Las Vegas Sun saying that no one has approached him about the fight but he would agree if the offer was made.

“Nothing is official yet, I’m reading the Internet too and trying to call the UFC,” Mir said. “I will agree to it if it comes up. I just think people were talking and it made sense but nothing is official. They haven’t talked to me yet but I don’t know if somebody with the UFC has leaked it out.”

“I think it’s the only thing that makes sense,” Mir said. “Carwin is up there, I’m up there. There’s four top heavyweights that could vie for an interim belt and two of them are fighting already. So putting me and Carwin together just makes mathematical sense.”

“The only part that was a surprise to me was that it could be for an interim belt,” Mir said. “Last I heard, I was sitting next to Dana at the (UFC 107) post-fight press conference when he said we’re going to wait for 4-to-6 weeks to find out whether or not Brock’s going to be able to return or not.”

If this proves to be more rumor than truth you can expect the buzz that this matchup has created will help push UFC president Dana White into making this fight official.

Source: The LasVegasSun.com