Lesnar shows promise in loss; Nogueira wins title
Brock Lesnar lost his UFC debut to Frank Mir on Feb. 2 at UFC 81: Breaking Point. Still, he showed the potential to be a force in the heavyweight division someday soon.
Lesnar landed some big strikes early in the fight, but Mir caught his with a kneebar for the tapout at 1:37.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira won the UFC interim heavyweight title with by defeating Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia with the guillotine in Round 3. Nogueira asked for a fight with current UFC heavyweight champ Randy Couture, who is sitting out due to a contract dispute.
Middleweight Nate “The Great” Marquardt improved his UFC record to 5-1 by defeating Jeremy Horn in Round 2 with the guillotine.
In other fights, Chris Lytle knocked out Kyle Bradley in 33 seconds; Robert Emerson bear Keita Nakamura by split decision; Tim Boetsch beat David Heath by TKO in Round 1; Tyson Griffin beat Gleison Tibau by unanimous decision; and Ricardo “Big Dog“ Almeida beat Rob Yundt with the guillotine in 68 seconds.
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