November 16, 2008 10:07 am

Lesnar beats Couture for UFC Heavyweight title

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Brock Lesnar, in just his fourth professional MMA fight, won the UFC Heavyweight Championship from Randy Couture last night at UFC 91 with a TKO in the second round. Not sure what this says about MMA, but to me it says bad things if a seasoned (maybe too seasoned at 45 years-old) veteran can get beat down by what would be called a rookie in other sports. Lesnar’s size advantage over (265+ pounds) Couture (220-ish) may have really been the only advantage Lesnar had coming in, but it proved to be enough apparently.

Here’s an interview with Lesnar after winning the title…