10. Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
UFC 100
July 11, 2009 | Las Vegas
History did not repeat itself when Mir squared off with the hulking South Dakota native for a second time. A little more than a year after submitting to a kneebar from the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Lesnar exacted some revenge, as he retained the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title by stopping Mir with second-round punches. Referee Herb Dean rescued Mir 1:48 into Round 2, the bloodied former champion’s face so damaged from the sustained beating that he was barely recognizable. Lesnar outlanded Mir 53-0 in total strikes in the first round, per FightMetric, and executed a takedown early in the second. From there, he picked the bones with ground-and-pound until Dean had seen enough. Lesnar’s subsequent post-fight tirade -- he fired a shot across the bow of chief UFC sponsor Bud Light before promising to mount his wife in celebration -- became the stuff of legend.
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