UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin Winners and Highlights

Brock Lesnar defeated Shane Carwin on the second round of the UFC 116 mixed martial arts event at the GM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carwin had been the interim heavyweight champion wen he defeated Frank Mir at UFC 111. These two were previously scheduled to face each other during UFC 106 but Lesnar had to back out because of an illness that prevented him from training.

Lesnar defeated Carwin at 3:52 of round 2 with an arm triangle choke submission move and Carwin tapped out. It was a big victory for Lesnar who now gains the respect once more at the UFC.

The next UFC event will be UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen which will be held on August 7, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, United States. Before this a UFC live event will be held on August 1 and will feature Jon Jones of the United States vs. Vladimir Matyushenko of Belarus.

Here are the other results of the UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin July 3 UFC match.

Preliminary card

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

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

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

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

Main card

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

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

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

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

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