After a one and a half year layoff from the cage, Nate Marquardt made his Strikeforce debut a very successful one at Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night.

Marquardt knocked out Tyron Woodley at 1:39 of the fourth round to become the Strikeforce Welterweight Champion. The belt was vacant coming into the bout because Nick Diaz left for the UFC last year.

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In the fifth fight of the main event at UFC 144 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Saturday night, Mark Hunt beat Cheick Kongo by TKO (punches) at 2:11 of the first round.

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In the third fight of the main event at UFC 144 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Saturday night, Tim Boetsch beat Yushin Okami by TKO (punches) 0:54 of the third round.

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In the first fight in the main event of UFC 144 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, Anthony Pettis beat Joe Lauzon by knockout (head kick and punches) at 1:21 of the first round.

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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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Round 2:

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Round 3:

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Round 4:

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Round 5 plus post-fight interviews:

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