I was on vacation in Delaware for this fight which I wanted to get on PPV really bad. I don’t know what COmcasts deal was down there, but for the life of me I was not able to order. On a geek note I ended up having to order it via my laptop, then hooking the laptop up via HDMI to the TV. I missed most of the bouts, but was able to catch the Leben/sexy yama fight and of course the main event.

I was up in the air about the Lesnar / Carwin fight. Carwin has been eating people alive, but Lesnar is just awesome IMO. That guy has learned so much in such little time it really impresses me. Lesnar coming back from his medical issues had me wondering.  Right of the bat Carwin was rocking Lesnar and I thought it was over for Brock. Now… did Lesnar really let Carwin put a beating on him to tire himself out? I guess nobody really knows, but it sure worked, cause Carwin was def gassed in that 2nd round and Lesnar was able to take advantage of that and nite nite Carwin.

Prelims:

• Jon Madsen def. Karlos Vemola by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Daniel Roberts def. Forrest Petz by split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
• Gerald Harris defeated Dave Branch by KO (slam) Rd. 3 (2:35)
• Kendall Grove def. Goran Reljic by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
• Ricardo Romero defeated Seth Petruzelli by submission (armbar) Rd. 2 (3:05)
• Brendan Schaub def. Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (strikes) Rd. 1 (1:07)

Main Card:

• George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Stephan Krzysztof Bonnar def. Soszynski by TKO (strikes) Rd. 2 (3:08)
• Chris Lytle def. Matt Brown by submission (mounted triangle/straight armbar) Rd. 2 (2:02)
• Yoshihiro Leben def. Chris Akiyama by submission (triangle choke) Rd. 3 (4:40)
• Brock Lesnar def. Shane Carwin by submission (arm triangle choke) Rd. 2 (2:19)

Bonuses:

• $75,000 “Submission of the Night”—Brock Lesnar
• $75,000 “Knockout of the Night”—Gerald Harris
• $75,000 “Fight of the Night”– Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski and Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

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This one was in my home town of NJ. Too bad I was out of town!

Prelims:

• Nate Diaz def. Rory Markham by TKO Rd 1 (2:47)
• Ricardo Almeida def. Matt Brown by submission (rear naked choke) Rd. 2 (3:30)
• Rousimar Palhares def. Tomasz Drwal by submission (heel hook) Rd. 1 (0:45)
• Jared Hamman def. Rodney Wallace by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Matthew Riddle def. Greg Soto by Disqualification Rd. 3 (1:30)

Main Card:

• Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir by TKO (punches) Rd. 1 (3:48)
• George St Pierre def Dan Hard (unanimous decision)
• Kurt Pellegrino def. Fabricio Camoes by submission Rd. 2  (4:20)
• Jon Fitch def. Ben Saunders by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Jim Miller def. Mark Bocek by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bonuses

• $65,000 “Submission of the Night”—Kurt Pellegrino
• $65,000 “Knockout of the Night”—Shane Carwin
• $65,000 “Fight of the Night”– Rodney Wallace vs. Jared Hamman