UFC held a hugely successful event over the weekend with 116: “Lesnar vs. Carwin” living up to and surpassing all expectations for the stacked line-up.
Heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar defended his belt against Shane Carwin in an awe-inspiring second round comeback, man of steel Chris Leben scored his biggest career victory by submitting Yoshihiro Akiyama with seconds remaining in the third round of their middleweight clash and many more main and under card moments became instant classics.
Full results are as follows:
Brock Lesnar defeats Shane Carwin by submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round …

Two fights that Versus viewers/UFC fans were unable to catch this past Sunday will now air this evening on Spike TV.
Clay Guida’s impressive submission win over Shannon Gugerty and Brendan Schaub’s dominant knockout of Chase Gormley were talked about after news broke via Twitter and MMA blogs prior to the main card. Thankfully, all will be able to catch these bouts when a new episode of “Unleashed” broadcasts tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
In addition to the Versus-event fights, Jeremy Stephens vs. Justin Buccholz (Fight Night 19) and Dennis Siver vs. …

A slew of updates to the UFC Fight Night 21 event have been announced via UFC’s official website and rumors of potential bouts are being talked about in rapid fire fashion as the card fills out.
While light heavyweights Brandon Vera and Jon Jones handle headlining duties, heavyweight contender Junior dos Santos (10-1) and inconsistent Gabriel Gonzaga (15-4) will fight in the co-main slot. Junior has finished off all four of his opponents by (T)KO since joining the UFC and is coming off another knockout win over Gilbert Yvel. On the …

The tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter is now history and we have a new TUF winner in Roy “Big Country” Nelson. While the veteran heavyweight was successful in spectacular fashion with a knockout punch, the same cannot be said for the evening’s production as a whole.
Perhaps one can attribute a comparatively amateur night of audio/visual downfalls to simple Murphy’s Law but these Spike TV issues have been rearing their ugly heads from some time now (previous “Fight Nights” strewn with A/V gaffes). While Spike is not NBC, FOX etc., …

Fans tonight in attendance at The Palms in Vegas saw a new TUF winner crowned as former IFL champion Roy “Big Country” Nelson was victorious over Brendan Schaub.
Nelson began to find a home for his right hand counter to Schaub’s jab and it eventually scored him a powerful knockout in the first round. The loss for Schaub is the first of his pro career and it was clear that the “L” was hard to take for cornermen Rashad Evans and Greg Jackson.
Both fighters had been part of Team Rashad on …