Tonight’s UFC 91 Heavyweight title bout pitted Brock Lesnar against defending champ Randy Couture.  Lesnar defeated Couture with a TKO after knocking Couture to the canvas with a right-handed blow to his temple.  Lesnar took the belt and is the new UFC Heavyweight champion.

Here is how Sherdog’s Live Blog described the TKO for Lesnar in the second round:

Couture goes right back to the clinch and tastes a right-shoulder punch from the much larger Lesnar. The fighters separate and Lesnar lands a hard right knee to the chin. Lesnar follows with a right hand on the temple. Couture collapses and Lesnar swarms with hammer punches. Yamasaki watches closely as Couture does not answer. He steps in to save Couture. Brock Lesnar takes Randy Couture’s UFC heavyweight title with a second-round TKO. The official time is 3:07 of round two.

Other Winners on the Night

Matt Brown defeated Ryan Thomas at :57 of the second round.

Matt Bocek defeated Alvin Robinson at 3:13 of the third round.

Jeremy Stephens defeated Rafael dos Anjos at :39 of the third round.

Aaron Riley defeated Jorge Gurgel by judge’s decision 29-28.

Demian Maia defeated Nate Quarry at 2:13 of the first round.

Gabriel Gonzaga defeated Josh Hendricks at 1:01 of the first round.

Dustin Hazelett defeated Tamdan McCrory at 3:59 of the first round.

Kenny Florian defeated Joe Stevenson at 4:03 of the first round.