Event: UFC 81: “Breaking Point”
Date: Saturday, February 2, 2008, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

Main event:

Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira (30-4- 1) vs. Tim Sylvia (24-3) for vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship*

Undercard:

Hvywt.: Frank Mir (10-3) vs. Brock Lesnar (1-0)
155 lbs.: Tyson Griffin (10-1) vs. Gleison Tibau (15-4)*
185 lbs.: Terry Martin (16-3) vs. Marvin Eastman (14-7-1)*
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt (25-7-2) vs. Thales Leites (12-1)*
185 lbs.: Alan Belcher (11-3) vs. Ricardo Almeida (8-2)*
205 lbs.: David Heath (7-2) vs. Tomasz Drwal (14-2)*