Mir and Big Nog Thwart Plans

Frank Mir weathered a tremendous storm brought on by Brock Lesnar and submitted the man-beast 1:30 into the first round.

Lesnar stuck to his gameplan which was to take the smaller Mir down and pound him into oblivion. After a couple armbar attempts which Lesnar defended, Mir sunk in a deep knee bar which forced the 2000 NCAA National Champion wrestler to tap.

On a night when his former WWE collegues were in attendence, Lesnar looked poised to do them proud. Kurt Angle, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, and 'The Undertaker' cheered the ex WWE champ on while Lesnar dominated before he got caught.

"I had Brock Lesnar dropping elbows on my head and I still pulled through that and got a submission," Mir said, commenting on the gravity of his win.

“[I have] no excuses,” Lesnar said. “He’s a top-notch Jiu-Jitsu guy, he got me tonight. He’s the better fighter.”

Antonio 'Rodrigo' Nogueira was also in serious trouble as Tim Sylvia was picking him apart for the first 2 rounds when 'Big Nog' caught Sylvia with a guillotine and forced the big man to tap in the 3rd round.

Sylvia did a superb job stuffing Nogueira's attempts to get the fight to the ground and dropped the Brazilian a couple times. Just like in the Mir-Lesnar fight, Nogueira weathered the storm (as he usually does), stayed patient, and caught Sylvia.

He's now the first man to ever hold the Pride and UFC heavyweight Championship Belts.