UFC

UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin

Completed MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, United States 11 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Brock Lesnar beat Shane Carwin by submission in the main event.
  • Chris Leben beat Yoshihiro Akiyama by submission in the co-main event.
  • Seven of the eleven results came early: three knockouts and four submissions.
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Main card

SC

Shane Carwin vs Brock Lesnar

Submission R2 2:19
BL ✓
CL ✓

Chris Leben vs Yoshihiro Akiyama

Submission R3 4:40
YA
CL ✓

Chris Lytle vs Matt Brown

Submission R2 2:02
Matt Brown
SB ✓

Stephan Bonnar vs Krzysztof Soszynski

Knockout R2 3:08
KS
GS ✓

George Sotiropoulos vs Kurt Pellegrino

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KP
KG ✓

Kendall Grove vs Goran Reljic

Split decision R3 5:00
GR
GH ✓

Gerald Harris vs David Branch

Knockout R3 2:35
DB
FP

Forrest Petz vs Daniel Roberts

Split decision R3 5:00
DR ✓
JM ✓

Jon Madsen vs Karlos Vemola

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KV

Preliminary card

CT

Chris Tuchscherer vs Brendan Schaub

Knockout R1 1:07
BS ✓
SP

Seth Petruzelli vs Ricardo Romero

Submission R2 3:05
RR ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Brock Lesnar beat Shane Carwin by submission at 2:19 of round two in the main event of UFC 116 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Chris Leben beat Yoshihiro Akiyama by submission at 4:40 of round three.

How the card was decided

Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, four by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in eleven fights. Two of the four decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Brendan Schaub, who stopped Chris Tuchscherer at 1:07 of round one, and one of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Chris Leben's submission of Yoshihiro Akiyama, 14 minutes and 40 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 59 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: two of its two results came early, against five of the nine above it. Brendan Schaub (knockout, round one) and Ricardo Romero (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.