Dana White labelled iconic UFC event the ‘best night’ of his career and bowed down to the fighters

On this day in 2010, one of the biggest UFC events of all time took place in Las Vegas.

Before Conor McGregor came along and smashed UFC records to feature in the majority of the promotion’s best-performing pay-per-view events, the promotion had a different top draw.

At UFC 100, Brock Lesnar avenged his one career defeat to Frank Mir and helped the promotion to set a new record for PPV buys.

The former WWE star was already a must-see competitor whenever he stepped inside the Octagon but this only increased after he became the UFC heavyweight champion.

While there have been many incredible events since then, Dana White stated at the time that Lesnar’s first defense of the title in an iconic clash capped off the best night of his career.

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Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesDana White called UFC 116 the ‘best night’ of his career after the entire card delivered UFC 116 was billed as ‘The Biggest Heavyweight Battle In History’ as Brock Lesnar looked to keep hold of his heavyweight title when facing off with interim champion Shane Carwin.

The main event certainly delivered as Lesnar overcame a hellacious opening round to come back and submit Carwin in the second round.

However, this wasn’t the only matchup that ended up receiving high praise from Dana White.

The entire card was stacked with highlights as 7 of the 11 bouts ended in finishes with some incredible back and forth contests and comeback victories.

Along with Gerald Harris earning an additional $75,000 for his knockout of the night over David Branch, two fight of the night bonuses were given out to Krzysztof Soszynski vs Stephan Bonnar and Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Chris Leben.

White started his post-fight press conference by taking a moment to thank all of the competitors, recognizing what a remarkable event UFC 116 was before going on to tell MMA Fighting that it was the ‘best night’ of his career.

“Alright, what a night… All I have to say before we kick this thing off is holy s—. Seriously one of the best nights ever in my entire UFC career. Obviously everyone was pumped up and excited for this main event but every fight on the card lived up to, one of the best nights of fights I’ve ever seen.

“I want to thank and applaud all the guys who fought on this card tonight and I bow down to what happened here at the MGM Grand tonight, thank you guys all very much.”

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Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCDana White confirmed plans for another huge heavyweight title fight following UFC 116Following the incredible ending to UFC 116, Brock Lesnar was already teed up for another huge heavyweight showdown in the near future.

Dana White confirmed at the post-fight press conference that the next challenger for the belt would be the undefeated Cain Velasquez.

Velasquez had won six-in-a-row to earn his shot before producing one of the most iconic finishes of all time when he stopped Lesnar in the first round at UFC 121 to win the belt.

Velasquez would shockingly lose the belt via first-round knockout in his first title defense against Junior dos Santos.