In the UFC 116 Fight Main event, UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar defends his title against interim champion Shane Carwin this Saturday night, July 3, 2010 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The world’s new No. 1 ranked heavyweight fighter and now-undisputed Heavyweight Champion survived a dangerous first-round attack from interim title-holder Shane Carwin but reigned supreme for a second-round submission victory via Arm-Triangle Choke at around 2:19.
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ROUND-by-ROUND
Round 1 – Referee Josh Rosenthal in the cage for the main event, and the MGM Grand Garden Arena is electric. Lesnar moves to the center. He’s not fighting southpaw. Right hand from Carwin, but Lesnar rushes for the takedown. He gets it as they slam into the cage, but Carwin scrambles immediately back up Carwin lands and uppercut, and Lesnar is wobbled. He retreats to the cage. Carwin all over him. Knees, punches and Lesnar hits the deck. Carwin keeps punching, but Rosenthal lets him defend. He kicks Carwin away briefly, but he’s right back on top throwing short punches. Two minutes in. Carwin stands over Lesnar who looks unable to get off his back. Lesnar turns into Carwin’s legs, and the punches stop. Has he punched himself out? Halfway in. Carwin posturing up in half-mount. Lesnar throws soft shots upward, but Carwin continues to throw shots from the top. Most are blocked, but a few land flush. Carwin backs away, and Lesnar’s face is battered. Carwin pushes back into half-mount. Lesnar pushes up and back to his feet, where he pushes in on Carwin. Stall against the cage. Less than a minute. Both fighters taking a breather as they jockey for position. Rosenthal lets them work in the clinch, and they’ll stay there until the bell. All Carwin early, 10-9 on the MMAjunkie.com card.
Round 2 – High five to start. Lesnar tries to rush in but catches a straight. Lesnar ducks in and gets the takedown. Lesnar in half-mount, though he’s not posturing up. Lesnar steps over with his right leg into mount, then slides over with a side choke locked in. Carwin looks uncomfortable and Lesnar tweaks the move. He twists out to the side, and Carwin is in trouble. More leverage, and Carwin has no choice but to tap. Brock Lesnar def. Shane Carwin via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 2:19.
Fight Recap
Brock Lesnar was tested, but the big man wasn’t bested.
The world’s new No. 1 ranked heavyweight fighter and now-undisputed champion survived a dangerous first-round attack from interim title-holder Shane Carwin but reigned supreme for a second-round submission victory.
The title-unification bout headlined Saturday’s UFC 116 pay-per-view event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Lesnar, returning from a one-year layoff due to diverticulitis and other intestinal problems, scored an early takedown, but Carwin quickly scrambled to his feet, wobbled the champ with an uppercut, and then smothered him with dozens of additional blows to the head and body. On more than one occasion, referee Josh Rosenthal considered halting the bout, but Lesnar survived and waited out the round while in the clinch against the cage.
Although bloodied as he entered the second round, Lesnar scored a quick takedown, moved into half mount, and then improved to full mount. Rather than raining down blows, though, Lesnar moved into side control and secured the eventual fight-ending arm-triangle choke.
The ending to Lesnar’s stunning comeback came at the 2:19 mark of the round.
“I just had to weather the storm,” Lesnar said. “He’s got some heavy shots. … I knew he was getting tired. Each shot was less dramatic than the other. I thought, ‘I’ll just let him go.’”
While the former WWE star had riled UFC brass with an over-the-top post-fight interview at UFC 100, an edited version of Lesnar addressed a soldout UFC 116 crowd.
“This isn’t about me tonight,” Lesnar said. “This is about my family. This is about my doctors. This is about my training partners, my training staff. I am blessed by God. Ladies and gentleman, I stand before you a humbled champion.
“But I’m still the toughest S.O.B. around.”
In fact, following Fedor Emelianenko’s recent loss to Fabricio Werdum in Strikeforce, Lesnar is now the division’s top-ranked fighter and has booked a future meeting with top contender Cain Velasquez.
Carwin, meanwhile, can’t help but be impressed by the champ.
“He took that ground and pound like no one else,” he said. “I [expletive] tightened up. My hat’s off to him. He’s a [expletive] champion. I fell down the mountain, but I’ll climb back up.”
With the win, Lesnar moves to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the UFC. And after opening his career with 12 consecutive first-round victories, Carwin falls to 12-1 and 4-1 in the UFC with his first career defeat.
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