With a show of determination and a surprising turn in the main fight, UFC-116 recently ended in Las Vegas. In the most anticipated fight of the event, the giant Brock Lesnar finished Shane carwin in the second round, after being severely punished in the first round, and unified the Ultimate heavyweight belt. Among the other fights, the highlight is the beautiful finish of Chris Leben, who replaced the injured Wanderlei Silva and defeated the tough Japanese Yoshihiro Akiyama, with a triangle choke, in the final seconds of the fight.
Brock Lesnar shows the heart of a champion and submits Carwin
Right at the start of the fight, Carwin showed why he won all his fights in the first round. With two very powerful uppers he made Lesnar walk backwards and fall, where on the ground he severely punished Brock with ground and pound for almost four minutes. In the second round, Lesnar changed his strategy and feigned striking to quickly take the fight to the ground with his sharp wrestling. To the surprise of many, the current champion did not use strong punches from the guard, but worked a beautiful submission with a triangle hand, forcing three taps from Carwin.
Leben surprises and submits Akiyama
Called up at the last minute to replace the injured player Wanderlei Silva, Chris Leben, who had fought on June 12th, surprised everyone and submitted the tough black belt Yoshihiro Akiyama. The Japanese started the fight better by working good hand strikes and using his arsenal of takedowns to put the American on his back on the ground, but from the beginning of the fight, Leben tried some attacks on the arm even though he was on the bottom. In the second round, the two athletes provided a show of striking and determination with hard blows applied from both sides and ending on the ground, where Chris defended an armbar, which seemed to be caught by Akiyama. In the last round, the fight continued to be busy, but the Japanese preferred to work the fight on the ground, where he would win on points. However, with 20 seconds left in the duel, Leben manages to land a triangle and submit the Japanese black belt.
Bonnar wins rematch against Soszynski in a mind-blowing fight
Another duel full of emotions took place in the fight between the American Stephan bonnar and the Polish Krzysztof Soszynski. With a frank exchange of blows, Bonnar suffered punishment in the first round, but came back on top in the second round. With his face bleeding, the American managed a knockdown with a knee and finished the job on the ground, punishing Soszynski with ground and pound until the referee stopped it. Check out the other results:
Main card:
- Brock Lesnar finished Shane carwin with a hand triangle on R2;
- Chris Leben submitted Yoshihiro Akiyama with a triangle in R3;
– Chris Lytle submitted Matt Brown with an R2 armbar;
- Stephan bonnar defeated Krzysztof Soszynski via TKO in R2;
– George Sotiropoulos defeated Kurt Pellegrino in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Preliminary card:
- Brendan Schaub defeated Chris Tuchscherer via TKO in R1;
– Ricardo Romero submitted Seth Petruzelli with an armbar in R2;
– Gerald Harris knocked out Dave Branch in R3;
– Jon Madsen defeated Karlos Vemola by unanimous decision of the judges;
– Kendall Grove defeated Goran Reljic via split decision;
– Daniel Roberts defeated Forrest Petz via split decision
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