The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lesnar lands the left hand. It looks like Damion Micheals has been cut. Micheals gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Lesnar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Micheals fails with a takedown attempt. Micheals moves into the clinch. Micheals misses with a hook from the clinch. Lesnar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Nice takedown defense from Lesnar. No joy for Micheals on that attempt. Lesnar throwing a counter right hand but Micheals manages to avoid it. Lesnar with a hook. Micheals shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Brock Lesnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damion Micheals. Lesnar scores with a nice strike. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lesnar checks a leg kick. Lesnar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Micheals. Micheals is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here. Lesnar with a nice cross. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. The fight stays on the outside here - Micheals looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Lesnar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Micheals under the eye. Micheals takes a body punch but keeps moving. That's one minute gone in the round. Micheals tries to clinch but Lesnar is having none of it. Lesnar throws a hook but Micheals avoids it easily. Lesnar sends Micheals crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Lesnar is motioning to the referee to let Micheals up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet! Micheals is rocked! That has opened up Damion Micheals's cut even more. Micheals fails to land the takedown. Micheals is still on wobbly legs! Can Lesnar finish him? Lesnar throws out a loose jab but Micheals uses good head movement to avoid it. Micheals seems to have recovered his senses. Lesnar throws a jab but it's blocked by Micheals. Lesnar lands a slapping body shot.
Micheals looks winded! This has been an exciting period of action! Micheals takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Lesnar lands the left hand. Lesnar lands a big uppercut and Micheals crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Micheals looks OK. Lesnar waves Micheals back to his feet! Micheals uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lesnar. Lesnar finds Micheals's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Micheals flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Lesnar lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Micheals will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brock Lesnar!
