Completed MMA Event
UFC 81: Breaking Point
- Saturday 02.02.2008
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
- Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
- Ticket Revenue (live gate): $2,437,890
- Attendance: 10,583 (Paid: 7,167)
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: 650,000 | TV Ratings:
- MMA Bouts: 9
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Fight Card
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UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship
Submission, Guillotine Choke
1:28 Round 3 of 5, 11:28 Total9
Main Event
265
5 x 5 | Pro
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
Honors & Awards
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Fight of the NightTim Sylvia vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | $60,000 bonus to each fighter
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Submission of the NightFrank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar I | $60,000 bonus to Mir
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Knockout of the NightChris Lytle vs. Kyle Bradley | $60,000 bonus to Lytle
Referees
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Herb Dean
Sylvia vs. Nogueira (9), Yundt vs. Almeida (6), Heath vs. Boetsch (3) -
Steve Mazzagatti
Mir vs. Lesnar I (8), Tibau vs. Griffin (5), Nakamura vs. Emerson (1) -
Yves Lavigne
Horn vs. Marquardt (7), Lytle vs. Bradley (4), Eastman vs. Martin (2)
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Wiki
UFC 81 Wiki
After the dismal Pay Per View effort of UFC 80 to kick off 2008, the UFC bounced back big with UFC 81, which featured an Interim Heavyweight Championship fight between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and the much-hyped UFC debut of WWE import Brock Lesnar, drawing 600,000 buys.
Nogueira, in typical Nogueira fashion, came back after losing the first two rounds to submit Tim Sylvia in the third with a Guillotine Choke, while Lesnar—although he started out strong—succumbed to a Heel Hook courtesy of Frank Mir in the first round. The title fight between Sylvia and Nogueira was put together because Randy Couture—the Heavyweight Champion—would not defend his title against Nogueira, as he was in the midst of a contract dispute with the UFC.
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Videos & Highlights
Promo Video | Brock Lesnar's UFC Debut Promo report dead link
Watch the official Promo video for Brock Lesnar's UFC debut against Frank Mir at UFC 81.
