Who would have thought that Brock Lesnar, 51 weeks off from fighting in the UFC, would submit one of the most dangerous heavyweights in mixed martial arts? Last Saturday, July 3, Shane Carwin (12-1) was defeated by heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (5-1) by submission through arm triangle choke. Everybody who watched the fight was shocked at the result which ended in 2:19 of the second round. Nobody suspected that Lesnar was going to submit Carwin seeing as both of them have great knock out power and speculated that they would only keep the fight standing up.

At first, many people doubted the return of Brock Lesnar to defend his heavyweight championship belt. Majority of the people gave an edge to Shane Carwin because of his experience and stronger punches seeing as the man had won all 12 of his fights by knockout, none of them going longer than three minutes and 49 seconds. Many thought that Lesnar might have lost his mixed martial arts skill in the ring since he contracted diverticulitis last year, forcing to postpone previous matches and even training. For 13 days he did not eat solid food and he lost 40-50 pounds of weight.

During the first round of their fight, it was nearly over for the heavyweight champion as Carwin hit Lesnar with a left hook that sent the 265-pound giant staggering towards the cage. The champion was clearly in trouble as Carwin kept hammering him with punches and elbows while Lesnar just tried to keep moving to prove to the referee that he was still defending himself intelligently. Josh Rosenthal showed good judgment during the fight and was proven correct when Lesnar survived to choke out Carwin later on.

Mixed martial arts sure bring plenty of surprises even for a fighter that has not been in the ring for 51 weeks due to illness. And who would have thought that Shane Carwin, the meanest puncher in the UFC with no losses, would be submitted by such a fighter?