Wow, I’m not sure why Brock didn’t try harder for the takedowns. I’m obviously in no place to coach, but I saw him trying to trade strikes with Overeem way more than I would’ve thought. In fact, I think it was Brock Lesnar who threw the first kick of the fight. I figured on Lesnar charging like a bull at Overeem and driving him to the ground. Regardless, it didn’t work out well for Brock. Overeem hurt him several times with knees to the body, and ended it with a good shin to the liver which crumbled Lesnar to the ground, where Alistair Overeem TKO’d him. Overeem will now face Junior Dos Santos for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Brock Lesnar announced his retirement from MMA in the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.
In the co-main event, Nate Diaz pretty much dominated Donald Cerrone with his boxing. Diaz won via unanimous decision after three rounds.
The rest of the night went like this:
Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:12
Alexander Gustafsson def. Vladimir Matyushenko via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:13
Jim Hettes def. Nam Phan via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
Ross Pearson def. Junior Assuncao via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Danny Castillo def. Anthony Njokuani via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Dong Hyun Kim def. Sean Pierson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jacob Volkmann def. Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Diego Nunes def. Manny Gamburyan via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)