-Champ Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez (for heavyweight title) -Matt Hamill vs. Tito Ortiz -Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Brendan Schaub -Martin Kampmann vs. Jake Shields -Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago -Patrick Cote vs. Tom Lawlor -Ryan Jensen vs. Court McGee -Sam Stout vs. Paul Taylor -Chris Camozzi vs. Dongi Yang -Todd Duffee vs. Jon Madsen
2 DeathClutch camp members on the card in Brock and Jon Madsen.
Exclusive news you won't find anywhere else (for now): One of my contacts to the family of Brock's wife Rena informed me that Rena gave birth to a healthy boy yesterday. Congratulations to Brock and Rena!
The latest numbers for UFC 116 seem to be reporting higher. As we figured, there appear to have been a ton of replay order buys based on all the talk about the show, including all the mainstream news show coverage after the event. Various cable estimates have ranged from 1 million to 1.28 million, and as noted, internally it is being said it's the third biggest in history, which would be a lot closer to the former number than the latter number. [credit: Wrestling Observer]
Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today e-mailed the drug-testing results to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
UFC 116 took place July 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar topped interim title-holder Shane Carwin in the main event.
The NSAC tested both of them, as well as Chris Leben, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Chris Lytle, Matt Brown, Krzysztof Soszynski, Stephan Bonnar, Brendan Schaub, Kendall Grove, Gerald Harris, Ricardo Romero, Jon Madsen, George Sotiropoulos and Daniel Roberts. All test results were negative.
All tested negative for drugs of abuse (such as marijuana and cocaine), as well as anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancers.
KALIN: Since the Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin title fight a week ago there has been a lot of feedback about the first round of that fight and the reffing involved. A lot of people consider you to be the best ref in the game, so tell us, how was the reffing in that fight?
HERB: I think in the first round Shane definitely hit Brock with some good shots and was attacking him. For a second it seemed like Brock was in danger. The referee, Josh, did a really good job of keeping the fighter safe and not affecting the outcome of the fight.
KALIN: Do you feel the fight should have been stopped in the first round or do you agree with that decision?
HERB: I agree with what he did. I think he did a great job. I feel that it was the best decision to be made.
KALIN: I agree. It was almost as if Lesnar was doing the Rope-a-Dope on the ground.
HERB: That's what we tell the fighters in there, is that you can cover up, but you also need to do something to show that you are in the game still. I saw that Josh told him to defend himself and Brock Lesnar did do things. He moved around, he put his feet on the guys hips, and he did some things to work on the situation. Whatever it was he was doing, the ref saw that it was enough to let the fight continue which was obviously the right decision because Brock was not hurt. If the fight should have been stopped then Brock wouldn't of been able to weather the storm and actually come out and defeat Shane in the next round.