Sherdog reports:

Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Matt Brown	Ryan Thomas	Submission (Armbar)	2	0:57
2	Mark Bocek	Alvin Robinson	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	3:16
3	Jeremy Stephens	Rafael dos Anjos	KO (Punches)	3	0:39
4	Aaron Riley	Jorge Gurgel	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
5	Demian Maia	Nate Quarry	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:13
6	Gabriel Gonzaga	Josh Hendricks	KO (Punches)	1	1:01
7	Dustin Hazelett	Tamdan McCrory	Submission (Reverse Armbar)	1	3:59
8	Kenny Florian	Joe Stevenson	Submission (Rear-naked choke)	1	4:03
9	Brock Lesnar	Randy Couture	TKO (Punches)	2	3:07

So what does it all mean?

- Stephen Quadros believes Brock Lesnar's closest equivalent in MMA is Kazushi Sakuraba, but Sakuraba never wore the belt.

- Randy Couture didn't look particularly bad, but one did get the sense that the last year off did age him considerably. And certainly his ability to take a shot is not what it once was. It's all to be expected and nothing particularly bad, but it shouldn't be denied either.

- I am not concerned about the story line of a professional wrestler winning the belt in the UFC. First, this puts new life and energy into a very stale heavyweight division. Second, if and when professional wrestlers migrate they will not find the sort of success Lesnar has. Sean O'Haire, anyone?

- And can we finally put the "big men beat Randy" to bed now? Some suggested it would be Lesnar's ability to negate Couture's wrestling that would make the difference. While Lesnar was able to achieve top position and force Couture into defensive positioning, it was really the stand-up and clinch that made the difference. Couture was battered by Lesnar's knees in transition and ultimately succumbed to a right straight. Yes, he followed up on the ground and is lockdown from that position helped stabilize Couture while he tried to put him away, but the difference maker were the exchanges on the feet.

- There can be no more doubting the game of Kenny Florian. Particularly, anyone who thinks his wrestling is suspect is dreaming. And what really impressed me was how effortlessly he's been able to blend his game of late. All of the different elements to his striking, grappling, wrestling and so on all seem to strike the right balance. He absolutely deserves a title shot against BJ Penn and Penn would be wise to not take that fight lightly.

- Florian is a true example of what a drive towards constant self-improvement looks like. All that can be asked of one is that they do everything possible to improve themselves and try as hard as possible. Florian has done just that and deserves all the success he has achieved.

- I was also impressed with Florian's takedowns. He loves the lateral outside trip, particularly. He loves to be hip-to-hip, but to turn perpendicular into his opponents only to drop and drive his weight and use the outside leg to trip the opponent. It's simple, but highly effective.

- I don't see Dustin Hazelett fighting for a title anytime soon, but his Shinya Aoki-esque guard play is highly entertaining and will likely keep him in the UFC for quite some time.

- Jorge Gurgel is who we thought he is.

- I still do not understand why the UFC booked Josh Hendricks vs. Gabriel Gonzaga. In retrospect, there wasn't any way for Hendricks to realistically win the fight. Gonzaga is simply a class above Hendricks...on his worst day.

- As expected, the instant the fight hit the floor, Bocek schooled Robinson. Not all black belts are created equal.

- Kudos to the UFC for showing so many fights. It's a real treat when fans get their money's worth and something the UFC should be applauded for.

- Demian Maia is what I've been saying he is: the best pure grappler in the UFC. His whizzer game is absurd. He can sit to guard and immediately begin to work sweeps and whizzers. But more importantly, he understands whizzering and sweeping is delicate game of inches and ounces. His ability to work the rollover sweep and whizzer turnouts over and over again until he was able to set up the angle that allowed him to drive into Quarry and into side control was a thing of beauty.

- I've always said the guy to beat Anderson Silva is a guy like Maia: a fighter with decent wrestling and phenomenal BJJ. I don't think Maia has that sort of wrestling yet, but it may not matter. To be sure, Maia has a few contenders he needs to fight and defeat, but tonight's performance is a notice to everyone Maia is for sure working his way towards a title shot.

- Based on the highly unscientific analysis of traffic coming into this site as a rubric, I don't think UFC 91 will achieve 1.2 million PPV buys, but I never considered that realistic anyway. I do, however, beleive the number will be good and in an economy where consumer spending is way down that's a victory in itself.

- This was a landmark event in MMA. Not just because of what Lesnar can do for MMA, but because of how much attention to this fight ESPN and major outlets are paying to the sport. I'll have more on this later, but the level of coverage on ESPN is unprecedented and the character of the coverage is uncharacteristically fair. Strange that the era where a professional wrestler dominates MMA is the era that ushers in coverage of the sport with fair treatment by the largest, most important media outlets.