The MMA Daily Recap: June 24, 2010

Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin is just eight days away. Expect the media push to get heavy over the next week. Here is a teaser video to whet your appetite.

Their first bout was nothing short of amazing. Can they have a repeat performance? Jon Lane speaks to both Cung Le and Scott Smith about their rematch this Saturday night.

The Punch Drunk Preview for Saturday’s Fedor vs. Werdum card is up. See what Spencer has to say about each of the main card bouts.

The WEC has two more bouts targeted for WEC 50 in August. Cub Swanson will take on Chad Mendes in a battle of featherweights while Dave Jansen and Ricardo Lamas will hook em up in a 155lb bout.

A welterweight showdown between Nate Diaz and Marcus Davis has been made official for the main card of UFC 118.

Ryan Loco is back with another edition of The Loco Life. Watch as Ryan hits a trifecta of MMA shows. Vancouver for UFC 115, Los Angeles for Strikeforce: Los Angeles and Las Vegas for The Ultimate Fighter Finale 11.

Heavy’s Brian D’Souza was offered a unique opportunity to spend a day with Fedor Emelianenko and his group of trainers, family and friends.

Strikeforce held an open workout recently and Esther Lin took some great photos.

The WEC is in the process of adding a featherweight bout between Javier Vasquez and Mackens Semerzier to WEC 50. The card is scheduled for August 18 and The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas will host the event.

In other MMA news:

Cage Potato has a video up in which Fedor tells Showtime that he is not thinking about retirement and that he hasn’t ruled out fighting in the UFC.

The nominees for the 2010 ESPY awards were released today. UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre was nominated for Best Fighter and UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar was nominated for Best Upset.

Wanderlei Silva talks about his recent injuries and how they may keep him out until 2011.