The first man in UFC history to win the heavyweight championship in his fourth fight was Randy Couture.

On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Brock Lesnar joined Couture in the history books after stopping him in the second round of their UFC Heavyweight Title clash at UFC 91.

If you missed our live coverage, you can read a full recap of UFC 91 as it happened by clicking here.

Here’s what both fighters said shortly after their fantastic main event contest:

Brock Lesnar: “I can’t believe it. I want to thank (UFC President) Dana (White), the UFC, and especially Randy Couture. It takes a lot of balls to come back after a year off and fight a young buck like me.

The former WWE star added: “I may come off like a cocky SOB, but I just believe in hard work.”

Randy Couture: “Those were some big hamhocks coming at me. He’s a big guy and he caught me with a big shot.” On his future, he added: “We’ll let things settle down. I still feel like I’m getting better as a fighter, and we’ll see what happens.”

Lesnar, the new UFC Heavyweight Champion, improves to 3-1 while Couture falls to 16-9 in the UFC.

Phil Lowe
phil@ifight365.com