UFC 81

UFC 81: Breaking Point
UFC 81: Breaking Point
	The poster for UFC 81: Breaking Point
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	February 2, 2008
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	10,583 (7,167 paid)
Total gate	$2,437,890
Buyrate	650,000
Event chronology

UFC 81: Breaking Point was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held on February 2, 2008, by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip.

Background

The main event featured Tim Sylvia and Antônio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira for the UFC Interim World Heavyweight Championship. UFC Heavyweight champion Randy Couture declined a championship fight with Nogueira,^[2] which resulted in the creation of the interim title.

This event also saw the UFC debut of WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar in a bout against former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir.^[3]

Results

Main card (PPV)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Tim Sylvia	Submission (guillotine choke)	3	1:28	^[a]
Heavyweight	Frank Mir	def.	Brock Lesnar	Submission (kneebar)	1	1:30	^[b]
Middleweight	Nate Marquardt	def.	Jeremy Horn	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:37
Middleweight	Ricardo Almeida	def.	Rob Yundt	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:08
Lightweight	Tyson Griffin	def.	Gleison Tibau	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Welterweight	Chris Lytle	def.	Kyle Bradley	TKO (punches)	1	0:33
Middleweight	Marvin Eastman	def.	Terry Martin	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Tim Boetsch	def.	David Heath	TKO (slam and punches)	1	4:52
Lightweight	Rob Emerson	def.	Keita Nakamura	Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27)	3	5:00