On this day in 2010, one of the largest UFC events of all time took place in Las Vegas.
Before Conor McGregor came by and UFC records in the majority of the best-performing pay-per-view events of the promotion, the promotion had a different top drawing.
At UFC 100, Brock Lesnar threw his only career -defeat against Frank Mir and helped the promotion to set a new record for PPV purchases.
The former WWE star was already a must-see competitor when he stepped the Octagon, but this only increased after he became the UFC heavyweight champion.
Although there have been many incredible events since then, Dana White stated at the time that Lesnar's first defense of the title in an iconic collision closed the best evening of his career.
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Dana White called UFC 116 the 'best night' of his career after the entire card was delivered
UFC 116 was invoiced as 'the greatest heavyweight fight in history' when Brock Lesnar looked at it to hold his heavyweight title when he canceled with interim champion Shane Carwin.
The main event was certainly delivered when Lesnar conquered a helibare opening round to come back and submit Carwin in the second round.
However, this was not the only matchup that eventually gave a lot of praise from Dana White.
The entire card was stacked with highlights, because 7 of the 11 attacks ended in finishes with a number of incredible back and forth matches and comeback victories.
Together with Gerald Harris, an extra $ 75,000 earned for his knockout from the night about David Branch, two fights of the night bonuses were published on Krzysztof Soszynski vs Stephan Bonnar and Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Chris Leben.
White started his press conference after the fight by taking the time to thank all competitors, and acknowledged what a remarkable UFC 116 event was before he told MMA that it was the 'best night' of his career.
“Okay, what a night … everything I have to say before we switch off this thing is Holy S -. Seriously, one of the best nights ever in my entire UFC career. Of course everyone was pumped up and excited for this main event, but every fight on the map has one of the best nights I have ever seen.
“I want to thank all the guys and apply it on this card tonight and I bend for what happened here at the MGM Grand tonight, thank you very much.”
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Dana White confirmed plans for a very heavyweight title fight after UFC 116
After the incredible end of UFC 116, Brock Lesnar was already up for a huge heavyweight confrontation in the near future.
During the press conference, Dana White confirmed after the fight that the next challenger for the belt would be the unbeaten Cain Velasquez.
Velasquez had won six-in-one-row to earn his shot before he produced one of the most iconic finishes of all time when he stopped Lesnar in the first round at UFC 121 to win the belt.
Velasquez would shock the belt via the first round knockout in his first title defense against Junior Dos Santos.