Former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar made a triumphant return to the Octagon to defeat Mark Hunt by unanimous decision at UFC 200.
After five years out of the UFC Lesnar defied the odds to defeat the long-time Australian based New Zealander, utilising his wrestling skills to take Hunt to the mat several times in the fight.
All three judges scored the Las Vegas fight 29-27 for Lesnar.
The two seemed to be equal after the second round, both staying on their feet and Lesnar avoiding Hunt's power punching.
However in the third the man nicknamed `The Beast Incarnate' took control.
Lesnar took Hunt to the canvas and unloaded with a stream of short lefts to the head of Hunt to ultimately take victory.
The win over a top-10 opponent such as Hunt puts Lesnar in the heavyweight title conversation, but he said he wasn't immediately thinking of a battle with current champ Stipe Miocic.
Lesnar, who faced the media with a partially closed left eye, was all smiles and paid tribute to Hunt's tough nature in his own unique way.
"I had one hell of a time tonight and I enjoyed myself," Lesnar said.
"I took some good shots, I took him down, it was a wrestler versus a power hitter, he never knocked the f*** out of me, so I am happy.
"I wanted to finish the fight but the guy's got a coconut head ... my ground and pound I am sure he is going to feel it tomorrow, just as I'm going to feel his punches tomorrow."
Hunt said there was no excuse for his performance.
"I just got caught ... I couldn't get out of first gear and that was it. He's a bigger man ... a lot bigger and he took me down, that's what happened," he said.
While Lesnar and Hunt went the distance, Miesha Tate's reign as UFC women's bantamweight champion lasted just one fight.
Tate, like Holly Holm - who she took the title from - lost by submission to Brazilian Amanda Nunes.
Nunes bloodied Tate very early in the opening round and continued to deliver a slew of punches before taking back control of the grounded champ.
Tate then quickly submitted to a choke from Nunes.
"She's a very fast starter, very dangerous in the first round and she caught me fair and square," Tate said.
Nunes is the latest in a string of different bantamweight champions. The title hasn't been defended successfully since Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 in Melbourne in November.
It now appears that Nunes could possibly defend the title against the undefeated Julianna Pena, who defeated Cat Zingano on the UFC 200 undercard.
