If you happened to skip Friday night’s “UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem” extravaganza, or if you were one of the 25,000 Xbox users that received free access to the pay-per-view broadcast only to see the stream experience significant glitches, FOXSports.com has provided a video recap of the event for your viewing pleasure.
Brock Lesnar’s Octagon return was 14 months in the making and Alistair Overeem’s big league debut was several years overdue, but their heavyweight top contender scrap only lasted a couple of minutes.
Overeem unleashed several knees to the sternum and a vicious kick to the liver that marked the beginning of the end for Lesnar. Speaking of endings, Lesnar announced his retirement from mixed martial arts after posting his second straight loss.
The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada hosted last night’s festivities.
Please click the media player below to watch the highlights:
Here are the official results from Friday night:
Preliminary Bouts:
Diego Nunes Defeated Manny Gamburyan via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jacob Volkmann Defeated Efrain Escudero via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Dong Hyun Kim Defeated Sean Pierson via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Danny Castillo Defeated Anthony Njokuani via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Ross Pearson Defeated Junior Assuncao via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Main Bouts:
Jim Hettes Defeated Nam Phan via Unanimous Decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
Alexander Gustafsson Defeated Vladimir Matyushenko via TKO (Strikes) at 2:13 in the 1stRound
Alexander Gustafsson Defeated Vladimir Matyushenko via TKO (Strikes) at 2:13 in the 1stRound
Nate Diaz Defeated Donald Cerrone via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Alistair Overeem Defeated Brock Lesnar via TKO (Strikes) at 2:26 in the 1stRound