UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin

Date: Jul 03, 2010
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV

MAIN CARD
Champ Brock Lesnar def. interim champ Shane Carwin via submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round 2, 2:19 (becomes unified champ)
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 (strikes) - Round 2, 3:08
George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino via decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

PRELIMINARY CARD
Brendan Schuab 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 (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Gerald Harris def. David Branch via knockout (slam) - Round 3, 2:35
Daniel Roberts def. Forrest Petz via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Jon Madsen def. Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30

Fight Night Awards - $75,000 each.
Knockout of the Night: Gerald Harris
Submission of the Night: Brock Lesnar
Fight of the Night #1 : Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Fight of the Night #2 : Stephen Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski

I went 8-3 on my picks for this event. The President of the UFC, Dana White, said that this card was the best event of his entire career. Wow! I couldn't agree more. The way every fight that made the air played out was absolutley outstanding. We saw knockout's, submission's, TKO's and all out war's. Going 8-3 overall was probably the best I have done in a while. Dana White also said that there would be more Fight Night bonuses to be given other than what was listed. My guess is Chris Lytle for his armbar victory and Romero/Petruzelli for their two round burn burner got some extra grease for their efforts.

Now that Brock Lesnar is the #1 HW in MMA on this planet. All roads lead towards him. Next up is a bout against #1 contender Cain Velasquez that could possibly be set for Indianapolis, Indiana at UFC 119 in September. If so, I will be there to watch it myself. There is nothing like a live UFC event. Hopefully, they'll make a return to Detroit in late 2010 or 2011.

Next UFC event...UFC on Versus 2: Jones vs. Matyushenko on 8/1/2010.