UFC 116 Results: Brock Lesnar Submits Shane Carwin, Leben Outlasts Akiyama
UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar successfully returned to action for the first time in a year, surviving an opening round onslaught to submit interim title-holder Shane Carwin in the second round of the UFC 116 main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Carwin tagged Lesnar as he shot for a takedown early in the first, then worked for a finish for the duration of the frame, pummeling Lesnar with ground and pound but coming up just short of a stoppage
Lesnar scored a takedown early in the second, then passed to mount, where he quickly locked on an arm triangle. Carwin managed to survive the choke momentarily, but Lesnar adjusted and forced Carwin to tap 2:19 into the round.
With the win, Lesnar becomes the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion and improves to 5-1 with his fourth-straight victory, while Carwin falls to 12-1 with the first first loss of his career.
In the UFC 116 co-main event, middleweight slugger Chris Leben outlasted Yoshihiro Akiyama to score a third-round submission for his second victory in just 14 days.
After being outgrappled in the opening round, Leben rocked Akiyama with powerful punches in the second then went on the offensive again in the third, eventually forcing a gassed Akiyama to tap to a triangle with just 20-seconds remaining in the fight.
Also on the UFC 116 main card, Chris Lytle submitted Matt Brown with a second-round armbar, Stephan Bonnar stopped Krzysztof Soszynski with punches in the second, and George Sotiropoulos earned a unanimous decision over Kurt Pellegrino.
On the Spike-televised UFC 116 prelims, Brendan Schaub stopped Chris Tuchscherer in just 67-second and Ricardo Romero survived a back-and-forth battle to submit Seth Petruzelli in the second.
The UFC 116 preliminary card also included wins by Kendall Grove, Gerald Harris, Daniel Roberts, and Jon Madsen.
The official UFC 116 results were:
MAIN CARD
- Brock Lesnar def. Shane Carwin via submission (arm triangle) – Round 2, 2:19
UFC Heavyweight Championship Unification - Chris Leben def. Yoshihiro Akiyama via submission (triangle choke) – Round 3, 4:40
- Chris Lytle def. Matt Brown via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 2:02
- Stephan Bonnar def. Krzysztof Soszynski via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 3:08
- George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Brendan Schaub def. Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:07
- Ricardo Romero def. Seth Petruzelli via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 3:05
- Kendall Grove def. Goran Reljic via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
- Gerald Harris def. Dave Branch via knockout (slam) – Round 3, 2:35
- Daniel Roberts def. Forrest Petz via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
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Jon Madsen def. Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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Tags: Brendan Schaub, Brock Lesnar, Chris Leben, Chris Lytle, Chris Tuchscherer, Daniel Roberts, Dave Branch, Forrest Petz, George Sotiropoulos, Gerald Harris, Goran Reljic, Jon Madsen, Karlos Vemola, Kendall Grove, Krzysztof Soszynski, Kurt Pellegrino, matt brown, Ricardo Romero, Seth Petruzelli, shane carwin, Stephan Bonnar, Yoshihiro Akiyama
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best card I’ve seen in awhile!
Understate much, amigo?
;-)
I second that, Chris!
LESNARRRR HOLY ****TTT LOL THAT WAS AN AWESOME CARD, DANA U NEED PROPS ON THAT ONE………….CAIN IS PROBABLY CRAPPING HIS PANTS RITE NOW, AKIYAMA HAS HEART BUT DAM LEBEN WAS A BEAST/ LEBEN VS WANDI…..HMMM THATSSS REALLLY INTERESTING SLUGFESTTTT/ BONNAR VS HAMMIL N E ONE?;;;SOTIROPOLUS SHUD FACE LOSER OF MAYNARD VS FLORIAN/
Lesner needs to keep working on his stand-up but congrats to the submission. I understand not to many people can stand in front of Carwin and get out winning but he just didn’t seem loose on his feet. I know he is working hard on all aspects of his game so congrats again. Who gets submission of the night?
that is an absolutely great question… haha four to choose from… I give it to Lytle on technicality.
I will go Leben since it meant so much for his status in the middle weight division and it happened with 20 sec left in the fight.
I’m thinking that Lesnar gets SoTN and probably FoTN because its just extraordinary to see him utilize a slick bit of catch-wrestling in the midst of all the silverbacking that went on, and he was the first guy to drag Caveman Carwin into a second round.
Plus the sub decided the undisputed MMA HW championship and what Joe Rogan called ” the scrap to determine the baddest man on the planet”…
@Jcohl don’t give catch-wrestling all the credit… that’s actually what J Robinson teaches as the finish to a headlock and also as an option for how to pin a guy at his Caveman camps. J Robinson is the University of Minnesota’s head coach.
@chrisl – if I don’t give catch-wrestling some credit here at the frenZy, who will?
;-)
id give it to riccardo romero with the salavarry americana/armbar.
pretty impressive debut
Shane lost but didnt get beat, he got gassed after stompin lesnar’s ass and got submited. he is comin back and is gonna stomp lesnar.
Not if he doesn’t develop more cardio and submission defense he won’t…
Agree. I was watching and you could tell Carwin was gassed a little over the halfway mark of the 1st round! I was rooting for him cause I hate Lesnar but Carwin’s cardio was horrible! He was so close to finishing Lesnar in the 1st round but didn’t even have enough energy for that. Time to pick Carwin, keep your day job or train harder for your fights. I’d say train harder, cause I know an engineer can make good money, but being an undisputed UFC champ would make a lot more. Can’t wait to see your next match Carwin cause I know you are gonna take it out on that poor soul.
Its also possible that so many guys are training now with the “Grudge/Jackson” combine that some things are getting missed with specific fighters.
How Carwin came to the cage for a 25 minute fight for the undisputed MMA HW championship with around 5 minutes of gas in the tank sort of has me puzzled to be honest…
watching his training videos, I kind of got the feeling that he was doing too many quick burst power exercises and not enough long-cycle stuff. He should quit doing so many ‘cleans’ and start doing to kettlebell cycles or something else that will increase his cardio capacity but still challenge his anaerobic system.
Another reason is his absolute confidence in his ability (proven over the previous 12 fights) to not allow the fight to go farther than a couple minutes or one minute or whatever. Therefore, he didn’t really train for more. Turns out that was a bad decision.
When you tap, you get beat.
i could not see lesnar winning this fight anywhere. but i do think the ref shouldve stopped the fight that onslaught of a first round…
kudos to lesnar, but i still hate em, GOOD LUCK CAIN VELASQUEZ!!!
Lesnar was still intelligently defending himself. As long as he’s still doing that the ref can let it go. I’ve seen fights stopped for less but Lesnar was still defending.
Believe me, I was screaming for a ref stoppage in the first round, but it wouldn’t have been the right call…
Cain Velasquez is going to need a lot more than luck if he plans on stepping in with Brock Lesnar…
I think cain would have a good chance to knock lesnar out after watching his last fight
And seeing lesnar get dropped by carwin tonight
I don’t follow your line of thinking.
Carwin hits MUCH harder than Velasquez, threw everything including the kitchen sink at Lesnar, and HE couldn’t finish the champ in spite of being roughly his size.
How is CV supposed to do it when he’s going to be giving up around 35 pounds of mostly muscle come fight night?
Carwin didn’t hit him with anything flush tho, and cain did knock out big nog…
Remember how sharp Cain looked against Big Nog. I know Big Nog is not even a shade of Lesnar, but man, about 30 seconds into Cain/Nog you could see that it was not going to end well for the veteran. If Cain can shake Lesnar up enough in the opening minute with far superior stand-up, he just might be able to defend well against the inevitable takedown attempt.
i think CV has the best speed & cardio in the heavyweight division.
if CV can keep it on the feet he can use his superior technical boxing to grind out lesnar
What? I was rooting for Carwin but there is no way that fight should have been stopped. Trust me, I wish he would have knocked out Lesnar too, but it would have been unjustifiable. I want to see Lesnar lose straight up, no B.S. Maybe a rematch with Carwin next year.
that was a shocking way for lesnar to win so stoked on that…
the slam from harris on branch, is that legal? i thought no head spiking allowed and to me it looked like harris moved his right arm up and across branchs neck and then forced the head into the mat, it also gave no room for branch’s head to rebound up… i will say harris did the right thing in not continuing to batter his opponent…
this was easily the best card thats happened in a while im very happy with the showing of all the fighters
I said the same thing… for some reason they’re hesitant to call it on slams. Even though that is how the rules read.
I was fine with Herb Dean not having an issue with the “Branch mat plant” because of the way Branch was holding the cage, and IMO Harris deserved a little slack cut to him.
Think of it as Octagonal karma…
obvious which side of the Newton-Hughes argument you are on ;)
@chrisl – guilty as charged, sir…
;-)
but jchol the rules dont say anything about ring karma… lol
he should have maybe deducted points for holding the cage…
i still think that slams like this where the slammer positions himself to prevent the slammee from being able to move his head is wrong and very very dangerous… he had a very good chance of causing branch some very serious life threatening damage..
Subjectively I thought Branch got what he deserved by hanging onto the cage even AFTER Dean warned him.
Objectively you’re absolutely right, and if the refs don’t get this thing under control, someone somewhere someday is unfortunately going to leave the cage in a halo brace…
As much as I hate to blame the rules here I have to. The rules do not allow for any slams where a fighter lands on his neck or spine. While the head/neck slams are easier to see/determine a slam where a fighter lands on his spine is well… almost all slams. Refs are only able to make that determination after the fighter has already been slammed and by that point the damage is done. I don’t ever see a day where the UFC brings in the “potentially dangerous” (Collegiate/HS/Olympic Wrestling rule) call where it leads to a stop in the action but after someone is seriously injured. We could see it.
Honestly, Branch could contest it and would probably have a decent shot at winning.
@chrisl – I agree that Branch could probably get this fight ruled a NC due to what we have to call an illegal move [slam], but IMO that won’t win him too many fans, or score him too much cred with the front office…
Great fights…Brock did great, a true champion now…Fedor would get totally owned he is past his prime…
lessner showed what farmers are made of! studs.. they make our food listen to our whinning whimpy i dont want to do that attitude and still deliver.
leben showed what he is really made of.. iron.. hawaii has been good to him what a performance… aloha chris eat some poke for me..
Great night of fights. One of the best cards we’ve had in awhile, IMO.
Bonnar and Soszynski was a great Rock’em/Sock’em Robots kind of fight. I’m glad Bonnar got the win.
Excellent Submission by Lytle. SOTN IMO. I hope Dana puts him on the UFC 119 card in Indy, because i’m going and would like to see him fight in his and my home state of Indiana.
I picked Akiyama to win, but was happy to see Leben get the win. I’ve always kind of liked Leben since his time on TUF 1, but now I really like and respect Leben for the way he’s matured and turned his life around.
Great main event. I’m more impressed by Brock in this fight than any of his other fights. I thought it was real close to being over, but Brock was somehow able to survive that brutal G&P of hammers Carwin was throwing at his head, comeback in the 2nd and take a fatigued Carwin down and submit him with a head/arm choke. I was also impressed by the way he handled himself post fight. Very mature,humble and gracious. Good job tonight, Brock.
Great fights. Happy lesnar is still the champ, carwin looked great just got tired to quick
Now you know why none if Carwin’s fights last too long.
The guy probably knows he doesn’t have the biggest gas tank, so he needs to caveman his opponents ASAP, just like he nearly did Lesnar.
Maybe next time…
Leben got screwed out of submission of the night i mean come one 20 seconds left he was goona lose dission from being on his back too much.. And he pulled it off.. But they gonna give it to brock just because of who brock is like he needs that bonus he makes 5 times the money all the other guys get..
brock wasnt getting any bonus’s for winning so i doubt they would give him submission of the night… and while the leben sub was good i think the lytle sub was better and more deserving
Brock isn’t getting any DECLARED bonuses.
In truth he’s walking away from tonight with 7 figures, and no one will convince me otherwise…
Leben still got fight of the night
So your statement is irrelevent sir
WOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!! Is all I have to say after that HW collision!! That fight alone was worth $50!! Let it never be said that Lesnar’s chin hasn’t been tested… It’s clearly made of steel!!
I honestly feel that was the best Heavyweight fight I have ever watched. Brock overcame adversity and choked out Shane in the 2nd rd after getting the living pi$$ pounded out of him in the 1st round. I have a new respect for Brock as a legitimate Mixed Martial Artist! Submission??! Who predicted that??
However, I would like to see an immediate rematch after Lesnar pounds the living snot out of Cain!! It is abundantly clear now that Brock isn’t going anywhere for awhile, how do you beat this guy?
I wonder if Akiyama feels as if Chris Leben is a “big enough” name for him to fight now?
Akiyama is just another overhyped version of Gomi…..You are a middlw weight and you have no gas tank…WTF.
Maybe we should cut Akiyama, which I’m beginning to think is Japanese for overrrated, a break here.
After all, he only had a year to get back into Octagonal shape, while Leben got to lay around and work on his tan for 14 whole days and nights…
So the guy loses a war that is a fight of the year candidate, and all you people can say is he’s overrated? Oh, and Jcohl, sure Akiyama had a year to get ready for the fight, but only 2 weeks to get ready for a southpaw, that makes a big difference. It was also my personal opinion, and it was stated publicly (I believe) that Leben posed a greater threat to Akiyama than did Wanderlei.
@justin – I would be far more inclined to cut Akiyama slack if his reaction to Leben replacing Wand had been a bit less…dramatic.
The guy disrespectfully sounded off and then got knocked off…IMO yet more Octagonal karma at work…
I’ve seen plenty of fights called for less than Lesnar’s turtling up in the first round. They must have really wanted him spread eagle and unconscious before they were calling the fight. Unfortunately Carwin’s camp didn’t get that memo, or follow through, and allowed Lesnar to get into the 2nd round and…well, then there was the rest.
I’ll still never root for or buy another Lesnar fight. His “countdown” showed who he is, and why I’ll only root against him as long as he is around. Carwin should’ve finished him…and instead let it go. Too bad; I hate Lesnar, almost more than A. Silva.
Other than that, thoroughly enjoyable card. Super kudo’s to Leben.
So I saw some post fight interviews and reading here and there. Seems some people have issues like they are not ready to give Brock 100% win coz first round could have been a stoppage by ref. and according to them it was a stoppage. Anyone explain plz?
Carwin was launching a ton of shots at Lesnar and yes a lot of them got through. However, Lesnar was still defending himself. Ran into the same issue last week with the Santos fight. The issue is there have been so many bad stoppages (either too early or too late) that even seasoned fans forget what the rules actually state.
I’ll explain.
People hate Brock Lesnar for a variety of reasons, most having to do with his lack of sportsmanship and/or his pro wrestling background.
I am one of those people, or used to be at any rate.
However personally I wanted to see Herb wave Carwin off in round 1 so Dana could hand him another shiny gold belt, objectively I’m forced to admit that as long as Lesnar was intelligently “turtling”, Dean made the right call.
It took me a long time, but I’m finally able to separate my personal feelings for Lesnar and my assessment of him as an MMA fighter and champion.
Obviously a lot of Lesnar’s detractors are unable to do that, but give them time, they may come around like I fianlly did.
..Do I like Lesnar as a fighter?
Absolutely not.
Is he undeniably the best MMA HW on the planet?
Absolutely….
Hey jcohl the ref was not herb dean but josh rsmnthl or something like that :)
Yeah it was Josh. My buddies and I were joking about Josh getting it over Herb because there ‘wasn’t going to be anything technical’ and it doesn’t take an experienced ref to know to stop the fight when one of the fighter’s head is in the upper deck.
Boy were we wrong. Good job by Josh though.
Apologies for the Dean/Rosenthal brain-fart.
Just prior to that post I was posting somehting about Herb Dean in the Harris/Branch fight and got what my granddad used to call “corn-fused”.
Thanks guys for keeping me on my toes…
;-)
Josh Rosenthal is the name you’re looking for. Didn’t realize it was such a hard name to remember.
I’m callin it right now big country will be the next hw champ…..
Hahaha its a longshot but it’d be hilarious
Carwin didn’t have it in him to finish Lesnar in round 1? Did the ring shake as he rained down shots? I couldn’t hear Rogan’s commentary. If so, Lesnar has a wicked chin, and invincible forearms. I’d like submission of the night for Lesnar, he neck hugged another 265 lb beast and made him tap. U-n-e-x-p-e-c-t-e-d.
The best card I’ve seen in a long time… Even the prelims were entertaining!
Bonnar looked to be in the best shape of his career (you could actually see muscle definition)… That fight was candidate for FOTN, imo.
Two words: War Leben! His stars have to be aligned or something, cuz this seems to be his time to shine… Everyone went crazy when he called out Wandi- I predict we will see this happen at UFC’s end of the year supercard.
While I’m sure Lesnar surprised everyone with his submission victory over Carwin (causing me to jump the highest I’ve managed in maybe about 5 years), no one can deny that Carwin definitely had him beat and could have won this on a different night… That fight will go down in history (if you missed it, you will most def catch it on Spike at some point in the future on an episode of “Best of UFC”. Or just rent “King Kong vs. Godzilla”).
I’m gonna stop there, cuz I can say so much more about this ppv… Needless to say, I was thoroughly pleased.
Almost everyone was surpsied by a Lesnar submission win.
I’m reasonably sure that Lesnar’s catch-wrestling coach, Erik Paulson, saw this coming…
;-)
It is the first submission any wrestler should be taught. Period. Before anything else, wrestlers need to be taught that submission.
Props to Lesnar for what has to be one of the great comeback wins I’ve seen in a while! Obviously the haters will keep hating, but this once again proved how quickly Lesnar is growing as a fighter. Anyone who called Lesnar win via submission, I hope you won a ton of money, because that was the least likely finish in most people’s minds!!!
Lesnar may not be the most likable guy to some people, but you gotta respect his resilience from a near career ending medical situation, to come back, ring rust and all, to beat a man who was nearly a mirror image to him in both size and power. Lord help Cain, and whoever else is up next for the HW title. Lesnar can only get better from here, and I personally am going to enjoy every second of the war path Brock blazes while mowing the competition down!
I want to see Bonner VS Griffin 2. And damn that was the best night of fights I have ever seen.
that happened
I was yelling for the ref to stop the fight in the first round because it looked like brock had no anwers for punches in the face other than trying to cover his face. If that wasn’t a championship fight i think it would have been stopped . What do you guys think about Carwin vs. Dos Santos
Fighters who just lost don’t get fighters on a winning streak. So no.
Plus JDS is tied up with a bout vs Nelson, I believe.
I’m extremly glad that Brock pulled thru. I errupted into a screaming 6’3 225 lb man when carwin tapped. With all that excitement from Brock winning I also found myself clapping for carwin for such a great first round. I will always be a Brock fan but carwin won one more fan tonite. Major props to him. Yeah he gassed and all but he brought the fight and had Brock in deep trouble. Also, Brock seems to have gotten a new lease on life and with that he became humble and respectful. Brock #1 heavyweight today no question about it.
my bad I meant 3
Brock was awesome,who’s going to beat him.Cain looked like he was bricking it already.Lesnar is truly the number 1 heavyweight in all mma.
I know this takes away from all the excitement but did anyone else enjoy Seth Petruzelli giving Romero those double handed hammer fists? That was awesome. He looked great there for that first round and then gased out completely. I hope he gets another shot in the UFC again.
Gotta give it to Brock man. I don’t like that dude but after last night he proved he’s got the skills to survive and be the best. If Carwin had better cardio, it might have gone another way. However the fight ended, A submission by Brock was the LAST thing I ever expected.
ya seth was impressive i think he earned himself a few more good fights… neither one of those guys gave a bad performance
The atomosphere at the bar I was at was nothing short of electric. Card of th Year candidate for sure.
Was pulling hard for both Bonnar and Leben, and theirs were the two best fights of the card. Normally, I keep my emotions in check, but I was screaming when those guys rallied in thier fights. Bonnar needed that win to survive in the UFC, I’m happy he got it. Akiyama can make no excuses, his cardio is a mess, and Leben showed big heart fighting twice in less than 3 weeks. I look forward to Leben fighting Wanderlei though I like both of them.
Gerald Harris is someone to watch for in the Middlewight division.
Carwin went all in to try tofinish Brock, but he would have been better off bringing the fight back to it’s feet when Brock was turtling. He expended to much energy on the ground, and as ome one previously mentioned, Brock’s standup is not his strong point. He is however a more acomplished all-around fighter than Carwin had, showed amazing cardio. Training in Colorado and Albequerque you’d think Carwin would have had more wind. I guess nothing beats experience, and now he knows what it is to have to bang beyond the first round..
Maybe Joe Silva sings Harris-Belcher next, and Leben faces someone like Wand?
Those are two good matchups, jcohl, good thinking!
Anyone still think Fedor is better than Brock?? heehee
Don’t be mean, Mayor of Serra-ville ;-)
I’m sure there are Fedorians who could, and might, subjectively go on at length about how Fedor would casting punch Lesnar stupid, and they are entitled to their opinions.
Objectively I think the case has been made, and I’m willing to forego the “I told you so’s”.
Now why don’t you go and change that snowman avatar so that he’s rocking a DeathClutch tee and c’mon back…
;-)
We can’t tell untill they face each other :)……Who knew Fedor would get submitted by wardum within a min on the other side Lesnar got submitted by Mir! Both have similarity in their loss as they rushed it and got caught. On the other note, the way lesnar pulled out himself from a tricky situation last night, we also observed fedor escaped from those situation few times. I guess all dogs have their own day.
Ha, the “Fedorians” have been pretty quiet since the match with Werdum, and they practically went extinct after last night.
What would you have them say?
Their man lost to a quality fighter in Werdum, and Lesnar survived a horrific silverbacking to choke out the sport’s other unfrozen Neanderthal.
It pretty much speaks for itself…
I’ve been the biggest Chris Leben hater for years. Thought the guy was bad for the sport, sucked as a fighter and constantly wished he’d go away. Never thought this would be the guy to teach me a life lesson – which is if you hang on long enough, everyone is capable of surprising you for the better. Congratulations to Leben – much respect.
The guy was committed to cleaning up his life, and the Hawaiian vibe really facilitated that process.
Good on Leben for showing both Akiyama and the rest of the MMA community to not write him off so quick…
i was the same way not a huge leben fan at all until the past few weeks. i know he wants wandy next but he has a long road of recovery ahead of him plus i think leben should rematch bisping at UFC 120 in england
Lesnar showed a lot of class in this fight and probably built his fanbase a lot. Leben looked great as well and I was so pumped when he pulled off that triangle. Sotoropilous looked awesome and I believe he will have the lightweight title someday with the fighters who are in the division now. I thought the Harris slam was legal and much respect to him for not hitting him again after he was ko’d. His fighting stance is a little unorthodox and looks vulnerable to head kicks though. Branch should get at least one more fight though. Schaub looked really good but I think he’s gonna have trouble against someone with good leg kicks.
yea dude shaub has been lookin badass ..so has big country
I was happy to see Lesnar has learned a little humility in the last year. I think that Carwin might have been a touch overconfident in his ability to put Lesnar away….I think we can safely say now that Lesnar has a bit of a chin. ;)
Oh yea….good luck to Cain too, he’s going to need it!
boy oh boy,
somebody better tell lesnar that the idea of the rope-a-dope is to avoid getting hit while tiring out the opponent.
75k for caveman of the night though.
Lesnar best chance to lose was last night. He will take jds down easy and cain isn’t big enough but both will be great fights. And it was his first fight back. In a rematch carwin would not come close. Brock knows now what to do. But carwin is a hell of a fighter. Best hands in the hw division id love to see jds and carwin exchange stand up. Carwin should fight kongo next or cro cop. Brock has heart. He is a champion. He came out in the second round smiling and hit gloves like he was saying “u just gave me ur best shot. Now its my turn”
Carwin nailed lesnar with a uppercut right on the jaw but it turns out lesnar giant jaw isn’t just for show.
Lesanr never stopped defending himself and on top of it was clear headed enough to realize carwin was gassing.
He showed in round two that he was more or less undamaged and took carwin down at will.
The fight was over in the first when carwin couldn’t finish lesnar who was just too tough a sob.
Carwin has great power but is not yet very well rounded and against a foe able to withstand that power is going to keep coming up short.
Its not about how hard you can hit but how hard you can get hit and get back up.
I can’t stand the fact that Lesnar won, it feels horrible.
Well at least you can take comfort in the fact that the best HW in the world is indeed carrying the belt, it’s not like that in all Organizations. This is why I want Frankie Edgar to lose to Penn in August. It’s not right for him to have the belt when B.J. is in fact the world’s greatest lightweight! I suggest you get used to it though, Brock isn’t going anywhere for awhile…Cain is gonna get SMASHED to bits by Brock!
Not to get off track, but it’s not like someone gave Edgar the belt. He beat B. J. Penn. Period. Until he wins the belt back, Penn is only the greatest lightweight in maybe his opinion and others. But he did get beat.
Actually, Edgar didn’t so much “beat BJ Penn” as he was handed what many consider a shady decision, which is why a lot of us are having problems buying into the UFC 155 title being held by a man who is not the planet’s best 155er.
Apologies for the off-topicality…
I’ve never been one of those fans to strictly think that the best fighter is the one who has the belt. I believe even the best get beat sometimes. Serra beat GSP and in no way shape or form did I ever consider Serra to be the best. Now I realize that was a while ago and GSP has come a long way since then to be what he is now, but the point I’m trying to make is that in this sport, with as many ways to win, a win DOESN’T ALWAYS mean you are the best.
Just to make it an even 100.