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 [...]

Following his impressive KO win against Jess Liaudin at UFC 80 Marcus Davis revealed that he’s interested in a fight against former PRIDE Lightweight Champ Takanori Gomi.
The UFC will stage its next European in June at the O2 Arena in London, England. The event, tentatively UFC 86, is the first of many upcoming events the [...]

The UFC and TNA have made a business deal for promotion of the UFC’s February 2nd UFC 81 pay-per-view event which includes the UFC debut of former-professional wrestler Brock Lesnar.
News of the deal was reported earlier this week by Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer.
According to Meltzer the deal will include heavy advertising during TNA broadcasts [...]

UFC newcomer Kyle Bradley is set to do battle with Chris Lytle at UFC 81: Breaking Point on February 1st.
Bradley (13-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) was rumored to have signed with EliteXC with plans for him to participate in an upcoming event. Those rumors were quickly quelled after Bradley’s Team Voodoo teammate and UFC fighter Rich [...]

The UFC has announced that Jeremy Horn (79-16-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) will replace an injured Thales Leites and take on Nate Marquardt in a main card middleweight bout at UFC 81: Breaking Point next month.
Horn’s MMA career stretches all the way back to 1996 with over 100 professional fights to his credit. Horn, who holds [...]

The UFC has announced that Thales Leites suffered a broken right hand during a training session yesterday and has been forced to withdraw from his main card fight against Nate Marquardt. According to the announcement the injury will require surgery which will be completed later this week.
A replacement for the bout has yet to be [...]

The UFC has added an undercard fight to UFC 81: Breaking Point pitting “The Ultimate Fighter 5″ castmember Rob Emerson against Keita Nakamura.
Emerson (6-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC) entered the fifth season of The Ultimate Fighter with a wealth of professional experience but was unable to win either of his first round fights against Corey Hill [...]

Tim Sylvia has announced on his official website that he has been added to the UFC 81 “Breaking Point” fight card:
Just found out I’m fighting February 2nd, on the Super Bowl show in Las Vegas. I can’t say who I’m fighting yet, but I’ll let you all know as soon as I can.
Taking yesterday’s [...]

A middleweight showdown has been added to the SuperBowl weekend UFC 81 card in Las Vegas as Marvin Eastman moves down to middleweight to take on Terry Martin.
In the UFC Eastman (14-7-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) has been unsuccessful in all three of his previous bouts in the octagon losing to Vitor Belfort, Travis Lutter, and [...]

Tickets for UFC 81 “Breaking Point” will go on sale this Wednesday. The event will feature former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir taking on UFC newcomer and former professional wrestler Brock Lesnar. The event also features Tyson Griffin vs. Gleison Tibau, Thales Leites vs. Nate Marquardt, and Alan Belcher vs. Ricardo Almeida. Rumors also indicate [...]

Several sources close to Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira are claiming that the former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion will clash with former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Tim Sylvia at UFC 81: Breaking Point. Apparently, recent negotiations between the UFC and Randy Couture have not been productive, and the fight between Nogueira and Sylvia could be for the [...]

Tickets for UFC 81 “Breaking Point” will go on sale beginning December 5th. The event, which was officially added to the UFC’s upcoming event schedule earlier today, includes the debut of former professional wrestler Brock Lesnar against former UFC champion Frank Mir. The rumored card also includes Tyson Griffin vs. Gleison Tibau, Thales Leites vs. [...]

Paul Kelly, who will face Paul Taylor at UFC 80 in England, has signed a 4-fight deal with the UFC. [MMA Madness]
Yahoo Sports writer Dave Meltzer reported yesterday that Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves were potential replacements to face Matt Hughes at UFC 79 following Matt Serra’s withdrawal from the card. While Alves remains [...]

According to The Fight Network middleweight fighter Nate Marquardt has not signed a new contract with the UFC. Marquardt has one fight let on his current deal and is actively working with the UFC on a new deal according to the report:
“We’re working on [a new contract],” Marquardt said. “Hopefully, it will happen soon.”
Still considered [...]

The UFC has officially announced that newly signed heavyweight, Brock Lesnar will be fighting former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir in his UFC debut. The two will square off in the octagon at UFC 81 which is scheduled to take place on February 2nd, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, [...]