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Brock Lesnar talks about his fight with Frank Mir at UFC 81 [video]

Frank Mir talks about his fight with Brock Lesnar at UFC 81 [video]

If you are interested, here is the audio from the UFC 81 conference call. Brock Lesnar gets grilled pretty hard about being a “professional” wrestler and facing a former UFC Heavyweight Champion in only his second professional MMA fight. Frank Mir and Tim Sylvia also take part in the call.
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Yesterday afternoon, word surfaced that Thales Leites had to withdraw from his scheduled UFC 81 fight with Nathan Marquardt due to a broken hand he suffered in training.
Today, Thomas Gerbasi is reporting that Jeremy Horn will be returning to the UFC to replace Leites and face Marquardt at UFC 81.
Horn, an MMA veteran with [...]

Get ready UFC fans, it appears that Tim “the Maine-iac” Sylvia will once again be fighting for the UFC Heavyweight title. Sylvia will fight for the belt for the ninth time; this time against Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueria.
According to Sylvia’s manager Monte Cox,

Tim signed the contract, and we haven’t heard anything else about it — [...]

A few fights are now being confirmed for upcoming UFC shows. UFC Fight Night 12 will feature they welterweight debut of Mike Swick taking on Josh Burkman. UFC 81 will feature the return of Nathan Marquardt as he fights Thales Leites, while David Heath will face off against Andre Gusmao. Gusmao will [...]

Brian Knapp at TheFightNetwork is reporting that Nick Diaz will undergo plastic surgery “to repair the considerable scar tissue that has developed around his eyes.” According to Diaz’s training partner, Kit Cope, “‘He didn’t get hit with anything hard. It’s just that he’s got some gnarly cuts. There were a couple of fights [in [...]