The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) recently issued the medical suspensions from UFC 81: “Breaking Point” that took place this past weekend on February 2 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
To read the official report click here.
Most of the fighters escaped serious injuries with the exception of David Heath, who sustained a broken nose thanks to all those Tim Boetsch knees in the clinch … not to mention the insane ragdoll toss technical knockout.
Here’s the full skinny:
Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira — “Big Nog” is suspended until March 2, 2008 and there’s no contact allowed until February 24, 2008.
Frank Mir – “The Baddest Man on the Planet” is suspended until March 2, 2008, with a scalp laceration and there’s no contact allowed until February 24, 2008.
Kyle Bradley — He is suspended until March 19, 2008, with right facial lacerations and
David Heath — He must clear a nasal fracture with a physician prior to returning to action or no contest until August 1, 2008. The quickest he can fight again with medical clearance is April 3, 2008, and there’s no contact allowed until March 19, 2008.
Marvin Eastman – “The Beastman” is suspended until March 2, 2008, with a right upper eyelid laceration and there’s no contact allowed until February 24, 2008.
Keita Nakamura — He is suspended suspended until March 18, 2008, and there’s no contact allowed until March 2, 2008.
Just a quick reminder: Fighters often return to action much quicker once doctors give them the green light. The lengthy suspensions are just a precaution in most cases.
For this specific set of fighters, however, it appears that only Heath will require medical clearance prior to competing again.
For complete UFC 81: “Breaking Point” results and coverage click here and here.
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Love that toss. I was at a place that had like 300 people watching and you should have heard the roar. It felt like I was there.
Im suprised Jeremy Horn didn’t suffer any damage to his neck…I thought Nate cranked it pretty good when Horn tried to roll to escape…
I guess “Gumby” came out without any damage…
It looked pretty bad to me.
Mania, do u know if the medical suspensions include the results of the pre fight steroid testing? If so, it would mean that none of the fighters from UFC 81 tested positive for roids, which would be great for mma, since UFC 81 was a star studded event filled with celebrities in attendence: Jay-Z and all the WWE stars.
[quote comment="296437"]Love that toss. I was at a place that had like 300 people watching and you should have heard the roar. It felt like I was there.[/quote]
yeah’ Same here…We were all amazed at his sloppy ass- yet very effective thai clinch, he got those knees up so high..and to top it all of “the throw”(priceless) I was laughing my ass off…
All Heath did was, fake punches, and then wait to get pounded…
I have never seen such sloppy-yet highly effective thai clinch followed up by an even more “sloppy ass” Judo throw-yet very effective….I like how Botestchh siad he loves watching Wanderlei fights..
He didn’t even need to train Muy Thai…All he did was watch Wanderlei….Monkey see Monkey doo….
But in all seriousness’
Botestch Fucked him up, while puting on an entertaining fight..Im still impressed with how high he gets his knees up, for what would look to be an out of shape man..
Why does that caption say “Jeet Kune Do Bitches”?? Wasn’t Tim Boetsch trained in some JKD?…. why would he be a bitch?…. or is that a referral to what people use to say about JKD… and now throwing it in their face with that performance from Tim Boetsch JKD guy?
Whats with the caption? “Jeet Kune Do Bitches”???
Was it me or did Kyle Bradley attempt to pull guard on Yves Lavigne when he pulled Chris Lytle off of him?
Man, Heath has had a rough go of it lately. I hope he did not quit his day job to become a fighter. First Babalu chokes his bloody ass unconscious, and after that whole debacle, he actually tops that beating by getting dumped on his head and beat to a pulp by a guy who took this fight on short notice. What do you say Andy Wang vs David Heath to see who is the worst fighter in UFC?
LOL The caption is supposed to say” Jeet Kune Do, BITCHES!!”
But who uses commas nowadays lol
[quote comment="296550"]Whats with the caption? “Jeet Kune Do Bitches”???[/quote]
Because he’s showing the bitches the power of Jeet Kune Do!
[quote comment="296572"]Was it me or did Kyle Bradley attempt to pull guard on Yves Lavigne when he pulled Chris Lytle off of him?[/quote]
yes he did. he was absolutely terrified.
and thanks for the gif mania, and the caption is just fine.
In the .gif, at the end it looks like Boetsch was about to grab hold of the cage and use his feet to stop the life out of Heath.
That toss of his was just priceless.
Thank you MANIA, that is an awesome banner. Love it! That is one of the best things I have ever seen in the UFC.
I think its time for David Heath to find something else to do with his time. I’ve never laughed as hard at a grown man getting thrown on his head.
[quote comment="296671"]I think its time for David Heath to find something else to do with his time. I’ve never laughed as hard at a grown man getting thrown on his head.[/quote]
same ere’, i was laughin my head off – cuz he got humiliated AGAIN! lol i hope hes not back in the UFC again – surely he must be given the 3 strike rule – his 2 wins were against nobodies. Kick him out – BRING BABALU BACK
lets see Boetsch V Houston
Jeet Kune Do..i dont get it. somebody help me out
I really enjoyed seeing David Heath get beat the F up. I HATE when fighters like heath make that”tough” face where he scowls and sticks his lower lip out. Damn! it makes me angry! That’s why I’m sad I’ll propably not see heath again in thje ufc since ghe lost 3 in a row.
Man mania, I could watch that throw all day.
[quote comment="296671"]I think its time for David Heath to find something else to do with his time. I’ve never laughed as hard at a grown man getting thrown on his head.[/quote]
If you wanna laugh even harder and have this fight on DVR, watch the highlights at the end of the fight. Right after Boetsch wins, he turns yells in celebration. There was a chick in the crowd that screams at the exact same moment and the audio matches up perfectly. It looks like Boetsch has the highest voice ever. We must’ve watched it like ten times and it never got old.
[quote comment="296834"]Jeet Kune Do..i dont get it. somebody help me out[/quote]
go do some research on Martial Arts, there is more to the world of Martial arts than MMA.
back in the day there was this amazing fighter named Bruce Lee that created this fighting style called Jeet Kune Do, that was revolutionary for its time because it used zero katas in its training because bruce felt that Katas were worthles in a real fight. the martial art was made to be flexible, to take advantage of each fighters own strengths, and to borrow things that worked from other disciplines. IE: a martial art that pretty much fits the ideals behind MMA.
[quote comment="296631"]In the .gif, at the end it looks like Boetsch was about to grab hold of the cage and use his feet to stop the life out of Heath.
That toss of his was just priceless.[/quote]
thats what me and my buddy were joking about. if heath was in Pride he’d be hurting a lot more because Boetch would have been able to put he boots to him. you can see him hesitate, start to cock his right leg and then remember “hey that is illegal” then jumps down punches him in the face.
That gif was one of the best moments of UFC 81.
I can’t believe they did not show this highlight at the end of the show at all.
Priceless though, the thud of the head on the mat was so loud
It was a great fight, we all were like WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! never seen somebody been tossed like that before, he was out after his head hit the ground LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!