UFC 85

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UFC 85: "Bedlam"

Date Saturday, June 7, 2008
Organization UFC
Location London, England
Venue O2 Arena



UFC 85: Bedlam is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the event is to be held on June 7, 2008 at The O2 arena in London, England. The event will consist of 12 fights, making it the largest UFC card in over a decade.

Originally, the main event was to be between light heavyweights Chuck Liddell and Mauricio Rua; however, Rua requires surgery on an injured knee and cannot compete. Rashad Evans replaced Rua in the main event with Chuck Liddell, then Liddell was forced to withdraw from the bout with Evans due to a hamstring injury. The UFC then named James Irvin as Liddell's replacement and announced that the new main event will be Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves. However, Irvin was also forced to pull out due to a broken foot. No replacement has been named, so it looks as if Evans will not be fighting in this event.

Due to legal problems and a lack of time to prepare for his fight with Michael Bisping, Chris Leben was pulled from the card and the UFC shortly announced his replacement. Canadian fighter Jonathan Goulet was set to fight Paul Kelly but dropped out stating that he wouldn't have enough time to prepare Kelly's opponent is to be announced by the UFC rounding up the 13 fights. Additionally, Paul Kelly most recently had pulled out of the card, due to a finger injury sustained in practice. Though not serious, the injury would require a cast for 3 weeks, and rehabilitation, not giving Kelly ample time to prepare.

Contents

[edit] Fight Card

[edit] Main Card

[edit] Under Card

[edit] Event Chronology

Preceded by: UFC 84: Ill Will

Followed by: Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale

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