UFC 116 : Lesnar vs. Carwin

Here's the card for this Saturday night's UFC 116 from "Loss Wages"...

Main card

* Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar (c) vs United States Shane Carwin (ic)
* Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben
* Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown
* Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar
* Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Kurt Pellegrino

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

* Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
* Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero

Preliminary card

* Middleweight bout: Kendell Grove vs. Goran Reljic
* Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris vs. Dave Branch
* Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Forrest Petz
* Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola

UFC 116

Sherdog's Preview - The Main Card

The big Dixie outlaw is pullin' for Leben, Pellegrino, Tuchscherer (Aryan training partner of Lesnar), Rejlic, Petz (vs. afflete Roberts).

Sorry a little late on the posting. Was busy this weekend with family stuff...

Preliminary card

* Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola

Madsen defeated Vemola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Forrest Petz

Roberts defeated Petz via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).

* Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris vs. Dave Branch

Harris defeated Branch via KO (slam) at 2:35 of round 3. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the Schaub vs. Tuchscherer fight.

* Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic

Grove defeated Reljic via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28). This bout aired on the PPV following the Lesnar vs. Carwin fight.

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

* Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero

Romero defeated Petruzelli via submission (armbar) at 3:05 of round 2.

* Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer

Schaub defeated Tuchscherer via TKO (strikes) at 1:07 of round 1.

Main card

* Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Kurt Pellegrino

Sotiropoulos defeated Pellegrino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

* Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar

Bonnar defeated Soszynski via TKO (strikes) at 3:08 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown

Lytle defeated Brown via submission (armbar) at 2:02 of round 2.

* Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben

Leben defeated Akiyama via submission (triangle choke) at 4:40 of round 3.

* Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar (c) Shane Carwin (ic)

Lesnar defeated Carwin via submission (arm triangle choke) at 3:52 of round 2 to become the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.

***My "half-cent" worth...
- Besides Leben's victory, not a good night for White fighters (in caste match-ups).
- Good to see Bonnar get a win.
- Lytle looked tough against a game Brown.
- Lesnar showed his chin, resolve & evolving fight game.

The Grove win was controversial. Most mma sites online had the White Relijic winning the fight. Ricardo Romero looks like a White Hispanic to me so not a loss in my book. Only loss was Petz. Be interested to see why it was a split dec.

Kendall must be at least half-white with that last name; he can't be full polynesian because at 6'6 185 he is one of the lankiest fighters in the UFC. And Poly's are anything but lanky. Regardless I can live with a controversial decision loss to a half-caste.

Edited by: Guest

Lesnar had only 5 fights coming into this bout with Carwin,had not fought in 358 days and during that time almost died,endured a severe 5 minute beat down by a guy that actually weighs more than him and he still won! What an amazing victory! Hopefully the momentum is building and continues against MMA caste system prince Cain Velasquez.

FYI:Kevin Iole at Yahoo Sports is just in love with Velasquez.