Sports digest: Brock Lesnar stops Shane Carwin at UFC 116

Brock Lesnar rallied from a horrific first-round beating to stop Shane Carwin with a choke in the second round, defending his heavyweight title at UFC 116 in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Lesnar won his first fight in nearly a year despite taking a pounding in the opening minutes from Carwin, the previously undefeated interim champion.

Lesnar took down Carwin in the second round and got him in an arm triangle choke, forcing Carwin to tap out.