Up next is Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar. Bonnar (14-7) lost to Soszynski (20-10-1) due to a cut from an accidental headbutt in February. Bonnar couldn't get the result overturned and he will be looking to break a three-fight losing streak in this rematch...
Pay-Per-View Bouts:
Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben Chris Lytle def. Matt Brown via submission (armbar) Stephan Bonnar def. Krzysztof Soszynski via second-round TKO George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision
Round 1: Lesnar bullrushes Carwin. Carwin goes down but right back up and gives Lesnar a knee on the way out. Carwin chants come from the crowd. Carwin with hard lefts as Lesnar crumbles. Carwin hammers Lesnar from the side. Ref giving Lesnar plenty of time but Carwin is hammering. Lesnar bleeding badly. Carwin working strong from the top. Electric atmospher. Carwin has Lesnar against the fence. Lesnar is cut open and bleeding. He's just covering up. Lesnar's back still against the fence as Carwin continues the assault. Carwin postures up with powerful elbows. Lesnar is basically covering up but not doing much else. Carwin backed off and Lesnar didn't even try to get up. Carwin goes into his guard. Lesnar looks like he's cut over his left eye and next to his right eye. Suddenly, Lesnar gets a burst and goes back to his feet as we dip under a minute left. Lesnar lands a knee from the clinch. Great heart from Lesnar just for surviving. MMA Fighting scores the round for Carwin 10-8.
Round 2: Lesnar and Carwin tap hands to start the round. Lesnar smiles, maybe saying, "I'm still here." Carwin is now out of the first round. Uncharted waters. Carwin backs Brock up with a right. Lesnar takes him down and into the half-guard, which is his preferred position. Lesnar moves to full mount and then an arm triangle. Carwin breathes but it looks tight. Carwin taps out. Amazing comeback from Lesnar.
Pay-Per-View Bouts: Brock Lesnar def. Shane Carwin via submission (arm triangle choke) Chris Leben def. Yoshihiro Akiyama via submission (triangle choke) Chris Lytle def. Matt Brown via submission (armbar) Stephan Bonnar def. Krzysztof Soszynski via second-round TKO George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision
Spike TV Bouts: Brendan Schaub def. Chris Tuchscherer by first-round TKO Ricardo Romero def. Seth Petruzelli via submission (armbar)
Preliminary Bouts: Kendall Grove def. Goran Reljic via split decision Gerald Harris def. Dave Branch via third-round TKO Daniel Roberts def. Forrest Petz via split decision Jon Madsen def. Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision
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