Lesnar Still Champ

   If the fight ended in the first round, challenger Shane Carwin could have ended as the champion. But it wasn't the way the fight ended on the second round as Brock Lesnar retains his heavyweight belt via arm-triangle on UFC 116 at Las Vegas, Nevada.

   Carwin proved his strength early on as he chased the champ when he knocked him down with a huge uppercut. As from the looks of by the end of the 1st round, Carwin has it going when he left Lesnar bloodied to his corner. But the 2nd round turned to be for Lesnar as he took the tired challenger to the mat and went for the submission at 2:19.

UFC 111: Mir vs.Carwin

   The third installment of Brock Lesnar - Frank Mir seems won't be happening sooner as the result of
UFC 111 saw Mir sufffers another setback when undefeated Shane Carwin defeated the former champ via KO (punches) at 3:48 of round 1 to become the UFC Interim Heavyweight champion.

   As a result, "The Engineer" Carwin will face UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, who will make his return after an extended period of absence due to illness, at UFC 116 on July 3.


  Mir, whose all of 5 losses resulted to knock-outs, tried to control Carwin at the start of the fight with his jiu-jitsu style. But Mir failed to ground Carwin, until the former champ gave enough space to the undefeated opponent, who proves himself to be more powerful, to unleash a series of uppercuts that brought him to his knees. Another series of strikes to the head that ended the fight.


   This fight was also Carwin's longest in his 12 fights, as all of his 11 previous opponents barely made to the 2-minute mark of the first round.


Results of UFC 111:


Georges St. Pierre defeats Dan Hardy via Unanimous Decision
Shane Carwin defeats Frank Mir via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Jon Fitch defeats Ben Saunders via Unanimous Decision
Kurt Pellegrino defeats Fabricio Camoes via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
Jim Miller defeats Mark Bocek via Unanimous Decision
Nate Diaz defeats Rory Markham via TKO (strikes) Round 1
Ricardo Almeida defeats Matt Brown via submission (rear naked choke) Round 2
Jared Hamman defeats Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision
Rousimar Palhares defeats Tomasz Drwal via submission (heel hook) Round 1
Matt Riddle defeats Greg Soto via disqualification (illegal upkick) Round 3