Shane Carwin
After winning the UFC’s interim heavyweight title in 2010, one of the most thunderous knockout artists in the history of the promotion, Shane Carwin headed into a blockbuster title showdown with Brock Lesnar at UFC 116.
It was quite the spectacle to watch these two man mountains clash in the cage and Carwin quickly gained the upperhand as he floored Lesnar with the heavy hands that he’d stopped all five of his previous UFC opponents with inside the first round.
It looked as if Lesnar was all set to be his next victim as he began raining down blow after blow on the still dazed champion and another referee might have ended the onslaught to spare him from further punishment.
However, though Herb Dean did look like he was about to do just that, he let the action continue and somehow the battered, bloody and bruised Lesnar made it out of the round.
Suddenly the momentum shifted heading into the second round with Carwin having emptied his gastank trying to force a stoppage, while Lesnar still had something left in his locker and would go on to submit his exhausted opponent a few minutes later to retain his title.
