Key takeaways
Cain Velasquez beat Brock Lesnar by knockout at 4:12 of round one in the main event of UFC 121 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. In the co-main event, Jake Shields beat Martin Kampmann by split decision after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in eleven fights. Three of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Daniel Roberts, who stopped Mike Guymon at 1:13 of round one, and three of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Court McGee's submission of Ryan Jensen, 11 minutes and 21 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 4 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its six results came early, against one of the five above it. Court McGee (submission, round three), Daniel Roberts (submission, round one) and Jon Madsen (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
