UFC 81: Heath-Drwal Dropped, Event Continues With 8 Fights
By: Kris Karkoski | Jan 22, 2008
From UFC.com’s Thomas Gerbasi:
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.
I am almost positive that Sylvia will FLOOR Nog (not real happy about it either) The one I am most looking forward to is the Mir/Esnar fight, just to see. I am REALLY unhappy about the price hike. Didn’t they just up the cost a couple of months ago while delivering a lesser product. Something has to happen in the UFC quick because I feel like the cards are slipping a little, the price is rising with no good reason, and the REAL fans are being punished for nothing but supporting the sport they love. WHAT THE……