UFC 141 Results Recap: Alistair Overeem batters Brock Lesnar into Retirement
Posted on December 31, 2011, 01:11 AM by Joey SantosusThe UFC delivered it's final card of the year in UFC 141, offering an exciting line-up tonight from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar suffered his second consecutive loss, crumpling under heavy body shots delivered by Alistair Overeem in the headlining bout. Top Lightweight contender Nate Diaz took another step up the ladder, defeating Donald Cerrone in the co-main event, while Johny Hendricks needed just 12-seconds to knockout former title challenger Jon Fitch. Also victorious was rising prospect Alexander Gustafsson, dispatching of Vladimir Matyushenko in the opening-round, as well as Jimy Hettes, who dominated Nam Phan to pick up a unanimous decision win.
The UFC awarded generous $75,000 bonuses to the night's top performers, who were announced by Dana White immediately following the event.
Fight of the Night: Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone
Knockout of the Night: Johny Hendricks
Submission of the Night: N/A
Notes and Questions Following UFC 141
- Will the world ever see Brock Lesnar's face again? As one of the most unsocial, anti-media figures in the public eye, will the former UFC Champion hide away at his ranch in Minnesota? Maybe kill some animals, drink a Coors Lite, and exchange - "hugs" - with his wife? Or should we expect to see him dropping guys in tights on their heads again in the WWE? What about that FOX analysis gig, that didn't go so bad either, right?
- Which of the Diaz brothers are the better boxer? After coming up in Nick's shadow, Nate made it clear tonight, with his dominant victory over Donald Cerrone, that he is more than just the "Stockton Bad Boy's" less accomplished younger brother. Nate battered Cerrone from the opening bell to the waning moments of the bout, smothering the Muay Thai striker with a barrage of combos. Though it would be a pipe dream to expect the two siblings to square off, I sure wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall for a Diaz brothers sparring session.
- What's next for Johny Hendricks? I'm not sure if this guy has ever considered taking a nickname, but I have a feeling that, to Dana White, he'll now be known as Johny "The Excedrin" Hendricks. Fitch has long been considered the consensus number-two Welterweight in the world, second only to division Champion Georges St. Pierre. But, with a one-sided loss to the Canadian already on his record, which was then following by a string of lackluster decision wins, there weren't many fans eager to fork out their hard earned cash to see the AKA product challenge GSP for a second time. Problem solved.
LowKick.com UFC 141 Main Card Awards
Fight of the Night: Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone. This award was all but handed to Diaz and Cerrone before the fight ever got underway. Two of the most game fighters in the business, nevermind the division, squaring off for a ticket into the Lightweight title mix? Then Nate knocks his cowboy hat off at the presser? We all knew it would be fireworks, and that's exactly what it was.
Performance of the Night: I've got to give this one to Jim Hettes. Who you ask? Exactly. If choking out TUF 12 villian, Alex Caceres, in his octagon debut wasn't enough to make you a fan, perhaps his complete domination of Nam Phan in tonight's main card opener might do the trick.
Finish of the Night: I'm torn here between "The Alleviator", Johny Hendricks, and Alistair Overeem. But, when you knee a man in the stomach so hard that it makes him reconsider his entire career path, I think you deserve some accolades. "The Reem" was impressive in his long-awaited debut, and his showdown with Junior dos Santos is already one of the most anticipated of 2012.
Photo: Tracy Lee | Yahoo! Sports
Comments
lol. last picture. thats the surgical area on operating your diverticula it always pops up in your ascending colon due to the pressure coming from your cecum. it must have hurt so bad you need an anesthesia.
JDS vs Overeem be should heavyweight fight of the year candidate. Happy new year everyone. 2012
Shout out 2 Johnny Hen for turning a for sure hump fest to k.o of the night.
Only fight in this card that I had an invested interest in was the Diaz/Cerrone fight because that was the only fight were one of my fav fighters was fighting, so I was so happy when Nate won, I love it how Diaz bro's keep fighting strikers n ppl keep saying that its gonna b hard for them to strike n they keep proving everyone wrong
Safe to say Diaz bros are the best boxers in MMA.
couldnt agree more.i think even if both won belts in thier weight class,people would say it was a fluke this and that.always gonna be negative d-bags
Amazing card, apart from the main event and Gustaffon there was a lot of surprises.
In my opinion Hendricks just made the biggest upset of 2011, not just because he beat Fitch but knocked him out in 12 seconds.
Thanks to everyone in the MMA world and community, fighters and fans. I thank all you guys, the positive ones, and hope to share an even better year of MMA in 2012 with you all.
I'll see you all back on Lowkick in 2012, happy new years everyone!
if brock cant take overeem down whats the game plan for future opponents?? dos santos is so confident in his stand up that he will try to box with the reem! but i dont think its a good idea!! i think reem will be the next champ!!!
I think JDS will get inside and KO Reem, Your going to need a good striker to make Reem back up.
Agreed. The only threat to Overeem at HW is some one who can completely out pace him like Fedor or Cain and those are big maybes. I see Overeem keeping well covered and picking his shots against JDS. I give that fight the same odds I gave last nights; 65/35 Reem.
Can Alistair replace Fedor on the Lowkick p4p list now.
Скорее всего Да, чем НЕТ. Я согласен. Но есть еще один аспект-Федор еще не бился в UFC. И вряд ли Дана согласится на приход Федора в UFC.
Google translate: Most likely yes than no. I agree. But there is another aspect, Fedor has not fought in the UFC. And it is unlikely to agree on the coming of Dan Fedor in the UFC.
Aww your nice Casey, I ignore anyone dumb enough not to translate their language to the one used at a site. Dont care what he has to chicken scratch.
Не ожидал я от Леснара такого боя. Страх перед Оверимом было у него в глазах перед выходом. А бою он вообще боялся получить удар в лицо. Вот вам и хваленая Даной бывший чемпион.
Google translation: I did not expect from such a Lesnar fight. Overeem was the fear in his eyes before exiting. A battle he generally afraid of getting hit in the face. So much for the vaunted former champion Dana.
Anyone know why the Matt Riddle fight got cancelled ?
he was ill
He wasn't well, got the flew or something.
It sucked to see Brock go out like that, he's had a short career and achieved so much in so little of time. Cerrone didn't seem to be comfortable in the fight, and didn't seem confident at all, Diaz put on an excellent boxing display and im looking forward to him eventually fighting GSP.
dumbass
got the fighters mixed up was steaming, my bad meant edgar.
Keith wasnt very nice was he lol...Nick and Nate Bog Nog and Little Nog, 2 or 3 Millers..ect..theres much confusion for newer fans.
Alistar and Valetine Overeem brothers..you get what Im saying.
And another StrikeForce Champion makes a successful jump right into the middle of the UFC championship contention. I think I'm starting to like this thing Dana has about having these StrikeForce Champions prove their worth against UFC contendors before challenging for a title.
Congrats to the Reem!
Brock looked like a fighter who knew he would lose, oh well, he was far too one dimensional anyways to keep the top spot for long.
what retirement? it matters when Fedor of Minotauro will retire,those are legends,look at their records,this BUM is 5-3,plueashe!!!! give people a F#$%^& break!!! beiggest BUM, biggest overrated prick that ever "competed" in the sport,text Vince asap Brocky,and keep hunting those Moose you redneck!!!! this is a real sport,where you do not BELONG!!!
Brock Lesnar has always been a fabrication by the UFC and has never beaten a real top fighter. It's nice to see that finally the made up fairytale of Brock Lesnar can be put to rest and we can have only real fighters in the UFC:
Yeah, all of these bitter, sad people are in denial. Regardless of anything they say, he tied the UFC record for Heavyweight title defenses.
Brock sucks and he got lucky a lot but he got lucky against some tough dudes. He got lucky dropping Randy but he did drop and finish him. He got extremely lucky against Carwin in that the fight could have been stopped and Carwin was too gassed to fight in the second but he did come back to win that fight. He did NOT get lucky against Frank Mir. That was a legit beat down of a top HW. Lucky or not though, Lesner did beat some tough HW's.
I can appreciate your acknowledgement of Lesnar's legit victories, but let's reassess.
He dropped and finished Randy because he was the bigger, stronger man. In other words, he was the better fighter.
He outlasted and finished Shane Carwin because Carwin's cardio wasn't up to par. In other words, he was the better fighter.
As you've mentioned, he laid a serious beat down on Mir in both fights, getting caught in the first one because, on that night, Mir was the better fighter. In their second meeting, Brock was the better fighter.
People can say what they will, but he won and defended the Heavyweight title as much as anyone in the history of the UFC. Thanks to him, a new breed of Heavyweight has been ushered in, a class of fighters that are now better than him. For that, I thank Brock Lesnar.
Lesnar got titel shot beating Min Soo Kim who was 2-5 losing to Mir and beating Heath Herring.Randy never was that great he is old fighter who hasent got many fights and got lots of losses wen all best fighters fighting in japan he was inprisoned in UFC.Lesnar 3-1 record the greatest HW in the world he is o diferent than Herschel Walker just a freak show to bring some fake wrestling fans to MMA
They are no new breed of HW if fighter gets hit and coght in submition you are out JDS got submition loss to Joaquim Ferreira who got TKO'd to Thierry Sokoudjou.After Overeem is finished with JDS and moves to Japan K1 or Dream nobody gona be left in UFC just like old days
The sad thing is that Lesnar fought like a can and will still take home 400,000 USD. Just for getting his butt kicked and p*ssing on his own legacy.
I found that funny for some reason.