Monday, February 4, 2008

UFC 81 - Full Results

On Saturday night, the UFC held their latest pay-per-view event. Entitled UFC 81: Breaking Point, it all went down at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

There were plenty of celebrities on hand, include sports stars like Barry Bonds (who got booed by the crowd). Pro wrestlers were also out in force to support Lesnar and pimp their own companies. They included The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle and JBL.

Here’s a complete rundown of what happened, with Bodog odds included.


UFC 81 - FULL RESULTS

(Light Heavyweight) David Heath -270 vs. Tim Boetsch +210 - Boetsch won by TKO at 4:52 of the first round.

(Welterweights) Keita Nakamura -265 vs. Rob Emerson +205 - Emerson won by split decision. The scores were 30-27, 28-29 and 30-27.

(Middleweights) Terry Martin -220 vs. Marvin Eastman +180 - Eastman won by unanimous decision.

(Welterweights) Chris Lytle -600 vs. Kyle Bradley +400 - Lytle wins by TKO at 33 seconds of the first round. This was chosen by the UFC as their “KO of the Night.”

(Middleweights) Ricardo Almeida -130 vs. Alan Belcher EVEN - Almeida won with a guillotine choke at 1:08 of the first round.

(Lightweights) Tyson Griffin -450 vs. Gleison Tibau +300 - Griffin won by unanimous decision.

(Middleweights) Nate Marquardt -225 vs. Jeremy Horn +185 - Marquardt won with a guillotine choke at 1:37 of the second round.

(Heavyweights) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -180 vs. Tim Sylvia +150 - Nogueira won by guillotine choke at 1:28 of the third round. The UFC chose this as their “Fight of the Night.”

(Heavyweights) Brock Lesnar -140 vs. Frank Mir +110 - Mir won with a kneebar submission at 1:30 of round one. This was chosen by the UFC as their “Submission of the Night.”


UPSETS AND UNDERDOGS

For those of you keeping track, let’s see how the underdogs fared on Saturday night. The first three matches on the card were upsets, as Boetsch (+210), Emerson (+205) and Eastman (+180) all pulled out wins.

However, the only other upset of the night was Frank Mir winning at +110. Over a month ago, he was getting over +200, but is was bet down in the days leading up to the fight.

Still, I guess 4 underdogs out of 9 is actually pretty good.


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UFC 80 - Full Results


UFC 81 - Full Results