Tonight’s “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” event will kick off tonight at approximately 7:00 PM EST (4:00 PM PST) with the preliminary bouts. Spike TV will be carrying two preliminary fights and will start their live broadcast at 9:00 PM EST (6:00 PM PST). The live pay-per-view main card will start at 10:00 PM EST (7:00 PM PST) and will feature five bouts.
UFC 116 is taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. and features a total of 12 bouts.
The main event features a heavyweight unification title bout between the returning champion Brock Lesnar and interim champ Shane Carwin. Both men had been scheduled to meet back in the fall but an illness which almost ended Lesnar’s career sidelined him for almost a year. Now mixed martial arts fans will get to see who the true number one heavyweight fighter in the world is.
The co-main event has Japanese star Yoshihiro Akiyama taking on the “Crippler” Chris Leben, who steps in at the last minute replacing Wanderlei Silva. This will be Akiyama’s second bout in the UFC and hasn’t been defeated in an mma bout since 2005. Leben steps in with just two weeks between his last bout having defeated Aaron Simpson at the “TUF 11″ Finale.
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Main card
Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar def. Shane Carwin via submission (arm triangle) – R2, 2:19
Middleweight bout: Chris Leben def. Yoshihiro Akiyama via submission (triangle choke) – R3, 4:40
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle def. Matt Brown via submission (armbar) – R2, 2:02
Light Heavyweight bout: Stephan Bonnar def. Krzysztof Soszynski via. TKO (strikes) – R2, 3:08
Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub def. Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (strikes) – R1, 1:07
Light Heavyweight bout: Ricardo Romero def. Seth Petruzelli via submission (armbar) – R2, 3:05
Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove def. Goran Reljic via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris def. Dave Branch via knockout (slam) – R3, 2:35
Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts def. Forrest Petz via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen def. Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)