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“At UFC 81, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir will put former WWE Champion and world-renowned superstar Brock Lesnar to the ultimate test, as Lesnar makes his move from the squared circle into the Octagon to prove that he is for real. This will be a feature fight of the night at UFC 81: ‘Breaking Point’ taking place live from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Feb. 2, 2008, on the eve of Super Bowl XLII.”
It looks like the vacant heavyweight title will not be up for grabs at UFC 81. It was widely believed that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira would challenge Tim Sylvia for the belt after reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture decided that his resignation was final. Perhaps I could be reading into this a bit too much and it could be a co-main event. Time will tell. Fingers crossed. For the latest rumored UFC 81 fight card click here.
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WOW!
Thats a sad main event.
Another pay-per-view I will not be purchasing.
that sucks. this is suppose to be a stacked card
The quote says “A feature fight of the night”…how in the world to you discern that this is the main event, or even that their won’t be a heavyweight title bout from this quote??
40 dollars is alot of money to only see something once as it is without this cheesey BS they are feeding us now, where’s fedor???
haha this is gonna suck hard i swear to god dana white is like a retard
Give it time; the card is still 3 months away.
And the UFC sight lists the fight as “a feature fight” not the feature fight, indicating this will be a co-main event
First Evans vs. Bisping, now this joke of a headline fight…I really don’t get it.
I heard about Lesner coming to fight in the UFC (from this site), but fighting as a HEADLINER after only 1 fight on his record? One fight! One fight against a guy (Min Soo Kim) who looses most of the time. Give me a break!
And Frank Mir as a headliner? Come on. He’s been giving lackluster performances since his unfortunate accident. Why do I feel Dana would try and sell us Steven Hawkings vs. the corpse of Christoper Reeves as a headliner, if top of the line guys weren’t available?
Please read more carefully MMAMania. This will be A featured fight. This will not be THE featured fight. Nog/Sylvia will be the main event. Brock vs. Mir is currently the only confirmed fight for the event so, until they confirm other fights, this will be the poster until they confirm Nog/Sylvia.
[quote comment=”225946″] Why do I feel Dana would try and sell us Steven Hawkings vs. the corpse of Christoper Reeves as a headliner, if top of the line guys weren’t available?[/quote]
Wow. That’s low, and Dana probably would still talk it up to be a bigger match than Randy Couture vs. Fedor.
everybody slow your roll.this is not the main event.read slower.it says it a featured fight not main event!
what ever happened to Gilbert Yvel, he would make an exciting mix to the hvwy division
[quote comment=”225937″]Give it time; the card is still 3 months away.[/quote]
i agree with ffl i think he knows that this card needs beefed up,but in all honesty this is a fight people wanna see just because lesnar is making his ufc debut.but i think there will be other fights on the card.
i hope frank mir teaches broc a lesson in mma.
this is not the main event even the UFC cannot be that stupid. I refuse to beleive that.
This main event is crap. UFC is starting to wear these ppv’s pretty thin. The unaired prelims are better than the main cards. They should just do fight nights and charge the commercial sponsors a butt load of money. I usually don’t order a ppv unless there is a matchup that i’ve been waiting to see, or a championship bout. Otherwise I watch the fights off of websites that show for the next couple of days ( which I will do for this card).
one thing is for sure i am not buying this PPV!
UFC cant expect us to buy this crap
As some posters have said, it’s 2 months away and there are still 3 UFC events between now and UFC 81. There have been no other announcements as to what other fights are scheduled, so there is no need to jump to conclusions about how crappy this card is already.
I am definitely intrigued by Lesnar’s first fight against a worthy opponent. And if he converts some casual fans into true mma fans, all the better.
I still think nog vs sylvia will be on this, Randy just rejected the offer to fight again last week, and all the details still have to hammered out as to how to handle an interim HW fight vacated by Randy.
Sal, patience my friend.
[quote comment=”225988″]one thing is for sure i am not buying this PPV!
UFC cant expect us to buy this crap[/quote]
I can’t tell you how much this sucks!!! F&*k buying the ppv. This was gonna be my first live event and now I want to cancel my trip.
To tell you the truth i dont really care what the main event of a PPV is as long as its gonna be a good fight. I just watch them on the internet the next day if the PPV isnt worth watching.
This was gonna be my first live event and now I want to cancel my trip.
even though the supposed featured fight is not very good i would still plan your trip. go to the weigh ins, go to the local bar that has ferral from sirius satellite radio and enjoy yourself..i was pissed about the rashad vs bispin card and almost cancelled but had so much fun at the stuff before hand it made the trip very worth it.
I hope th UFC isn’t considering the “featured fight” and headlining fight as same thing.
[quote comment=”225976″]this is not the main event even the UFC cannot be that stupid. I refuse to beleive that.[/quote]
Myself included….
I just refuse to beleive that the UFC would have this as the main event….
There is still 3 months to sort this out,,
They cant have Lesnar walk into the UFC, and immediatly give him main event status!
I’m getting a kick out of how they posed Frank and Brock for the photo. By having their arms folded, the photographer wants to leave the viewers with the impression these are two imposing figures; but we all know it’s a not so clever ploy to disguise Brock’s “sword” (cough.. cough..) tattoo.
I wouldnt be worrying about this card just yet. There are loads of fighters who could make this card a good one.
For example, Griffen, Jardine, Alexander, Franklin, Coutoure, Arlovski, cro cop, Bisping and many more possibilities. Dana is not an idiot, there is no way this will be a main event, id put my house on that. Frank mir didnt even make the main card in his last event, so theres no chance of a main event.
There will be atleast one or two quality fights added guaranteed!!
[quote comment=”225964″]everybody slow your roll.this is not the main event.read slower.it says it a featured fight not main event![/quote]
I toned down the reference to the main event. I may have read it wrong. That would be a good thing.
Wow. What a Doo Doo Fest. Speaking of doo doo… I’ll make sure I’ll time my deuce dropping during this bout. Hopefully, when I’m done, it will be over.
fights i would like to see on this card
sylvia vs. nogueria
griffin vs. jardine 2
Bisping vs Hamill 2
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A feature fight.. not THE feature fight.
Come on guys.. Nog vs Sylvia is the main event for this PPV.
This is going to be a sick card, I can’t beleive people are complaining and we are still 3 months out
Nog vs Sylvia
Lesnar vs Mir
Marquardt vs Leites
and Tyson Griffen and the return of Almeida..
it’s a fucking sick amazing card
guys dont worry they will blow us away with ufc 82…..ufc 82 stacked 2
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Nog vs Sylvia?
Marquardt vs Leites?
and Tyson Griffen?
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I hope Lesnar gets hit so hard, the juice explodes from his pores.
brock is gonna surprise everyone and smash frank mir
Go Brock,destroy this loser,Brock kill him in less than 1 min.
Hopefully it’s going to be an awesome fight. Throw some ultimate fighters in it (Griffin plz & Leben) and its a deal
Btw [off-topic though] - the last fight night with Nate Quarry & Leben 3rd round knowckouts were totally awesome
[quote comment=”225917″]WOW!
Thats a sad main event.[/quote]
ricardo almeida should be the main event