In the first fight in the main event of UFC 143 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday night, Ed Herman was able to submit Clifford Starks via a rear-naked choke at 1:43 of the second round.

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It's been a tough year and a half for Brock Lesnar. Two battles with diverticulitis followed by surgery in May to remove a part of his colon.

And now after losing to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV, Lesnar has decided to call it quits and retire from the UFC.

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Alistair Overeem was making his UFC debut, Brock Lesnar was returning to The Octagon for the first time in 14 months after battling through an illness. All that was on the line at UFC 141 in the main event at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV was a shot at the title in a future bout against Junior dos Santos.

Using some vicious knees and kicks to the body, Overeem beat Lesnar by TKO (strikes) at 2:26 of the first round to set up the matchup with Dos Santos.

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In the third fight of the main event at UFC 141 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV, this one didn't last all that long as Johny Hendricks knocked out Jon Fitch 12 seconds into the first round.

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During the second fight of the main event at UFC 141 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV, Alexander Gustafsson beat Vladimir Matyushenko by TKO (punches) at  2:35 of the first round.

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In the main event at UFC 139 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA on Saturday night, we may have witnessed what was the greatest fight ever in the UFC between Dan Henderson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.

The pair battled for five rounds but in the end, it was Henderson who came out on top by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) over Shogun.

The pair were awarded $70,000 bonuses by UFC president Dana White for fight of the night honors.

Here is the video of each of the rounds.

Round 1:

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In the co-main event at UFC 139 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA on Saturday night, Wanderlei Silva beat Cung Le by TKO (strikes) at 4:49 of the second round.

The pair were awarded $70,000 bonuses by UFC president Dana White for fight of the night honors.

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In the third fight of the main event at UFC 139 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA, Uriah Faber beat Brian Bowles by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:27 of the second round.

Faber was awarded a $70,000 bonus by UFC president Dana White for submission of the night honors.

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In the first event for the UFC on FOX, the UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velazquez and the challenger, Junior dos Santos, squared off in The Octagon at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on Saturday night.

And after just 1:04 of the first round, dos Santos became the new UFC Heavyweight Champion when he knocked out Velazquez.

Dos Santos now awaits the winner of the Brock Lesnar/Alistair Overeem match that will take place on December 30th in Las Vegas, NV.

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In the main event at UFC 136 held on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, Frankie Edgar knocked out Gray Maynard at 3:54 of the fourth round.

With the win, Edgar retains his UFC Lightweight Championship belt. He also was awarded a $75,000 bonus for knockout of the night by Dana White.