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Home arrow MMA News arrow ASSOCIATED PRESS POSTS UFC 81 STORY BEFORE TITLE MATCH
ASSOCIATED PRESS POSTS UFC 81 STORY BEFORE TITLE MATCH Print E-mail
Written by Matthew Cooper (wrestlingnewsdesk@gmail.com)   
Saturday, 02 February 2008

12:42 AM EST

 

The Associated Press posted their story on UFC 81 (misspelled in their report, posted on FoxSports.com at this link: http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/7754042/Mir-spoils-Lesnar's-UFC-debut ) before the Interim Heavyweight Title was decided.
 
Here is the report as of 12:40 am this evening --

 


Mir spoils Lesnar's UFC debut 90 seconds in

Associated Press

Updated: February 3, 2008, 12:25 AM EST

 

Former heavyweight champion Frank Mir spoiled former NCAA wrestling champion Brock Lesnar's UCF debut Saturday night, grabbing Lesnar's leg and securing a kneebar that forced him to submit at 1:30 of the first round.

Nate Marquardt beat Jeremy Horn, finishing off the veteran of more than 100 MMA fights by guillotine choke 1:37 seconds into the second round, and Ricardo Almeida defeated Rob Yundt by guillotine choke at 1:08 in the first round.

Tyson Griffin and Gleison Tibau stood toe to toe and exchanged punches throughout the majority of their three-round fight, with each fighter landing numerous shots.

Neither fighter appeared to be hurt in the match and Tibau was able to take down Griffin on numerous occasions. However, Griffin landed the more effective strikes and took the decision with all three judges scoring the bout 30-27.

In the preliminary bouts, Chris Lytle wasted little time in finishing off Kyle Bradley. Lytle stunned the UFC newcomer just moments into the fight and never let up, knocking out Bradley just 33 seconds into the first round.

Tim Boetsch made an impressive UFC debut, defeating David Heath by TKO at 4:52 of the first round; Marvin Eastman earned his first victory inside the octagon with a decision over Terry Martin; and "The Ultimate Fighter 5" cast member Rob Emerson gained his first UFC victory, defeating Keita Nakamura by split decision.

 

 
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