Brock Lesnar defeated Shane Carwin to retain his UFC heavyweight championship in the main event of UFC 116 tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carwin dropped the champion with a right hand in the first round and pummelled him with some vicious punches and elbows but Lesnar defended himself through the onslaught and made it past the first round. Carwin appeared tired in the second round allowing Lesnar to score a takedown and secure an arm-triangle choke for the submission victory.
Chris Leben and Yoshihiro Akiyama fought a classic with both men landing and taking several punishing shots. Leben was able to weather the storm and slap on a triangle choke in the third round to get his second win in just three weeks.
Chris Lytle defeated Matt Brown in similar fashion to their 2007 bout, picking up a second round submission, this time with an arm-bar. Stephan Bonnar evened the series with Kryzysztof Soszynski following his controversial February loss, Bonnar bounced back with a second round TKO victory. Kurt Pellegrino and George Sotiropoulos were the only fighters to go to a decision on the main card. Sotiropoulos picked up a unanimous decision with questionable scoring as two judges scored it in his favour 30-27, when Pellegrino appeared to have won the third round.
It was a highly entertaining night of fights and no doubt a great financial success for the UFC. Cain Velasquez has been named the number one contender for UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar but no date has been established for their bout.
Full UFC 116 results
Brock Lesnar def. Shane Carwin via submission (arm-triangle choke) after 2:19 in Round 2
Chris Leben defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama via submission (triangle choke) after 4:40 in Round 3
Chris Lytle def. Matt Brown via submission (arm-bar) after2:02 in Round 2
Stephan Bonnar def. Krzysztof Soszynski via TKO (strikes) after 3:08 in Round 2
George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Brendan Schaub def. Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (strikes) after 1:07 in Round 1
Ricardo Romero def. Seth Petruzelli via submission (arm-bar) after 3:05 in Round 2
Kendall Grove def. Goran Reljic via split-decision (29-28 Reljic, 30-27 Grove, 29-28 Grove)
Gerald Harris def. David Branch via KO (slam) after 2:35 in Round 3
Daniel Roberts def. Forrest Petz via split-decision (29-28 Petz, 29-28 Roberts, 29-28 Roberts)
Jon Madsen def. Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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