The Sunday Junkie: July 4 edition

Although UFC 116 winners Chris Leben and Chris Lytle got their dues, this week’s edition of The Sunday Junkie is all about main-event winner and heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar.

Our weekly reader-feedback feature covers all aspects of his fight with interim champ Shane Carwin, including referee Josh Rosenthal’s officiating and how Lesnar stacks up to former heavyweight kingpin Fedor Emelianenko.

In fact, this week’s winner of The Sunday Junkie, Ryan Woolley, wonders if Lesnar’s obviously improving skills could soon put him in a class all of his own.

Carwin saw opponent "go out a few times," but Lesnar praises ref for not halting fight

Should Josh Rosenthal have halted Saturday’s UFC 116 main event in the first round?

Interim title-holder Shane Carwin blasted heavyweight champ and fellow co-headliner Brock Lesnar with 57 punches in the round, and though he came close, Rosenthal never halted the bout to award him the TKO win.

But you won’t hear any complaints from Carwin, who eventually suffered a submission loss in the following round.

Stephan Bonnar’s comeback UFC 116 win was "better than sex"

Long before Stephan Bonnar’s three-fighting losing streak, UFC president Dana White said “The Ultimate Fighter 1″ runner-up will always have a home in the organization.

But after the string of losses, Bonnar’s residence was inching toward
doghouse territory.

Then came the win at Saturday’s UFC 116 event – a victory Bonnar called
“better than sex.”

Dana White: UFC-China head hired, new office opening "immediately"

LAS VEGAS – Following the opening of offices in the U.K. and soon Toronto, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is finalizing plans for its third international division.

As UFC president Dana White first suggested in May, the Las Vegas-based promotion next will open an office in mainland China.

In fact, the UFC’s Chinese website launched over the weekend, a new division head has been hired, and the office will open “immediately,” White said.

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