I recorded it on Sunday but only just been able to watch it. The Boetsch v Heath fight was fantastic. How many knees did he catch Heath with?!

I have to say the 2 heavyweight fights were pretty good which surprised me. Sylvia has been poor recently and Mir hasn't really been the same since coming back from injury a couple of years ago. Lesnar looks like once he sharpens up on submission defence will be immense.

Roll on UFC 82 and 83 - some top fights on those cards

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For those of you interested, here is how much the fighters earned from UFC 81

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira ($200,000) def. Tim Sylvia ($100,000)
Frank Mir ($80,000) def. Brock Lesnar ($250,000)
Nate Marquardt ($52,000) def. Jeremy Horn ($25,000)
Ricardo Almeida ($40,000) def. Rob Yundt ($5,000)
Tyson Griffin ($36,000) def. Gleison Tibau ($11,000)
Chris Lytle ($24,000) def. Kyle Bradley ($4,O00)
Tim Boetsch ($12,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
Marvin Eastman ($14,000) def. Terry Martin ($12,000)
Rob Emerson ($16,000) def. Keita Nakamura ($5,000)

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It's not massive money compared to boxing, but I wouldn't turn it down.

I can't believe Brock got a quarter mill for 2 minutes work.

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