Polish light heavyweight Tomasz Drwal has sustained a knee injury during training and will be unable to compete against David Heath at UFC 81: “Breaking Point” on February 2 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
With the SuperBowl weekend pay-per-view (PPV) event just two weeks away, no middleweights are available to fill-in on such short notice. Therefore, the show will go on with just eight fights.
Here’s the full snip from UFC.com:
“A knee injury has forced light heavyweight Tomasz Drwal to withdraw from his February 2nd bout with David Heath on the UFC 81 card in Las Vegas. No replacement will be made for this fight, and UFC 81, which is headlined by the interim UFC heavyweight title fight between Tim Sylvia and Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira, and the UFC debut of Brock Lesnar against Frank Mir, will carry on with eight bouts.”
Drwal dropped his Octagon debut to Thiago Silva at UFC 75: “Champion vs. Champion” via technical knockout in a spirited effort back in September 2006.
It’s too bad the “Gorilla” is on the sidelines — he’s got a lot of talent and heart, which would have made for a nice undercard match up.
To check out the most recent UFC 81 fight card click here.
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Plus their raising the PPV prices
I am shocked that they can not find a fighter who would love to step into the cage. Its an undercard…heck they could have gone to an ameture just to fill the card. This is depressing. I realize its late and fighterw want to be in top form but come on.
why is griffin’s fight not televised? that sucks.
that sucks, they should at least air 5 bouts i don’t understand raipd fire showed 8 fights out of 9 on the pay per view
[quote comment="275987"]why is griffin’s fight not televised? that sucks.[/quote]
griffin’s fight isnt televised…nor is marvin eastman-terry martin, both of these fights look to be great…the ufc needs to get it right….i mean who really gets pumped to watch adam belcher anyway? seriously drop that fight and put eastman-martin in its place, then add a 5th fight and make it griffin-tibau
no knocks on belcher, hes a solid fighter, hes just not someone that makes me discard $40 from my wallet…
[quote comment="276115"]no knocks on belcher, hes a solid fighter, hes just not someone that makes me discard $40 from my wallet…[/quote]
Sorry bro, it’s gonna be $49($59 in HD).
heath vs sobral 2….lol
Too bad. That would have been a sweet brawl.
Damn i am so sad!!! i know Tomasz From Cracow and he is Superb mate and Fighter!!! Recover fast mate!! i will keep my fingers crossed!!