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[baka_boy1221]

UFC 116
Main card
Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar (c) vs 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: Kendall 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



Any predictions ...

[apachemma]

UFC 116
Main card
Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar (c) > Shane Carwin (ic)
Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama < Chris Leben
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle > Matt Brown
Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski < Stephan Bonnar
Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos > Kurt Pellegrino

Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub > Chris Tuchscherer
Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli > Ricardo Romero

Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove > Goran Reljic
Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris > Dave Branch
Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts > Forrest Petz
Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen < Karlos Vemola

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LESNAR CHOKES OUT CARWIN! Holy cow! Lesnar revealed a huge weakness that Carwin has. Absolutely no cardio. If you can intelligently defend yourself through the first round, Carwin is done. But Carwin also showed that Brock can't take a punch. Once he clipped him once he turtled up and abandoned all offense. But Brock survived the ground and pound and actually submitted someone. I have to say I'm impressed. Great win by Lesnar.

[Karl_Krebs]

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LESNAR CHOKES OUT CARWIN! Holy cow! Lesnar revealed a huge weakness that Carwin has. Absolutely no cardio. If you can intelligently defend yourself through the first round, Carwin is done. But Carwin also showed that Brock can't take a punch. Once he clipped him once he turtled up and abandoned all offense. But Brock survived the ground and bound and actually submitted someone. I have to say I'm impressed. Great win by Lesnar.

Yeah I am supprised by how much lesnar has developed. I was a fan of him as a kid when he was a pro wrestler so I'm happy to see him doing well. I was realy suprised by the fact he took all of those hits and was less groggy then carwin at the start of the second round.

[bshooter]

here comes the pain. brocks an animal

[baka_boy1221]

UFC 116
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) vs Shane Carwin (ic)
Lesnar defeated Carwin via submission (arm triangle choke) at 3:52 of round 2 to become the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $75,000 bonuses.
Fight of the Night: Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski and Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Knockout of the Night: Gerald Harris
Submission of the Night: Brock Lesnar

[CodeRedFed]

Am I the only one who thinks the Leben Akiyama fight was one of the best fights I've seen in a while?

Back and forth, Both showed great chins and iron will.
I loved it.
I jumped up and went CRAZY when Leben submitted Akiyama.

Great Fight, I think we will see Akiyama again though.... His Judo is great.

[-_D r e w b ii e_-]

CodeRedFed

Am I the only one who thinks the Leben Akiyama fight was one of the best fights I've seen in a while?

Back and forth, Both showed great chins and iron will.
I loved it.
I jumped up and went CRAZY when Leben submitted Akiyama.

Great Fight, I think we will see Akiyama again though.... His Judo is great.

Akiyama played right into Leben's style, though. Leben is going to win those knock-down drag-outs more times than not. He should have taken him down more often instead of trying to trade shots standing up.

[CodeRedFed]

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CodeRedFed

Am I the only one who thinks the Leben Akiyama fight was one of the best fights I've seen in a while?

Back and forth, Both showed great chins and iron will.
I loved it.
I jumped up and went CRAZY when Leben submitted Akiyama.

Great Fight, I think we will see Akiyama again though.... His Judo is great.

Akiyama played right into Leben's style, though. Leben is going to win those knock-down drag-outs more times than not. He should have taken him down more often instead of trying to trade shots standing up.

Agreed, Especially from just the little bits we saw Akiyamas Judo looked pretty good.
And you would think he would of known Leben loves to stand and bang though.

[baka_boy1221]

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CodeRedFed

Am I the only one who thinks the Leben Akiyama fight was one of the best fights I've seen in a while?

Back and forth, Both showed great chins and iron will.
I loved it.
I jumped up and went CRAZY when Leben submitted Akiyama.

Great Fight, I think we will see Akiyama again though.... His Judo is great.

Akiyama played right into Leben's style, though. Leben is going to win those knock-down drag-outs more times than not. He should have taken him down more often instead of trying to trade shots standing up.

That's just Sexyama's style ... but that was a ******** awesome fight ... same with Bonnar vs Soszynski ...

[-_D r e w b ii e_-]

Bonnar really needed that win. You can tell his leash is getting short.

[baka_boy1221]

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Bonnar really needed that win. You can tell his leash is getting short.

Definitely ... though even if he lost ... he would have probably stayed in the UFC ...

[-_D r e w b ii e_-]

I don't think that's a set deal anymore. He's struggling in the middle of the division. He's been in the UFC for a while, a few more losing streaks and I think Dana White might pull the plug.

[baka_boy1221]

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I don't think that's a set deal anymore. He's struggling in the middle of the division. He's been in the UFC for a while, a few more losing streaks and I think Dana White might pull the plug.

I don't know ... if it weren't for him and Forrest ... the UFC wouldn't be where it would be right now ...

[baka_boy1221]

What do you guys think of the UFC 117 match up between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen ...