UFC 85: Bedlam

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Background

UFC 85: Bedlam was an 11-bout fight card that was held on June 7, 2008 at the 02 Arena in London, England.

The card aired live on pay-per-view and was headlined by a welterweight clash between former two time UFC welterweight champion, Matt Hughes against American Top Team's Thiago Alves.

Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Main Card

Pre-Event Notes

UFC 85 was originally scheduled to be headlined by a light heavyweight match-up between Chuck Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. After Rua sustained a knee injury, he was replaced with TUF 2 winner, Rashad Evans. Liddell pulled out of the fight soon after, having suffered a torn hamstring in training. James Irvin was called up to face Evans in the main event instead but suffered an injury as well. There was talk of Luis Cane stepping up to face Evans, but Rashad declined the fight and his place on the show.

Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves was a match-up that came about purely because of the trouble to secure a decent main event.

Michael Bisping had originally been lined up to face Chris Leben but a longer than expected stint in jail stopped Leben from preparing properly. Nate Quarry was thrown around as an opponent for Bisping instead but Quarry was unavailable due to injury. Canadian fighter, Jason Day was eventually called up to face Bisping.

A welterweight attraction between British fighter, Paul Kelly and Jonathan Goulet was signed to the card but injuries to both fighters nixed the bout.

Roan Carneiro was first scheduled to face Ryo Chonan in a rematch from an earlier bout in Japan but once Chonan pulled out with injury, Kevin Burns was called up on short notice to make his UFC debut against the Brazilian.

Dutch heavyweight, Antoni Hardonk was meant to face British banger, Neil Wain. An injury to Wain had the UFC calling up Eddie Sanchez as a replacement on short notice.

At the weigh-in, Thiago Alves failed to make weight for his fight with Matt Hughes, coming in three pounds overweight at 174 lbs.. Hughes agreed to a catchweight bout so the fight could go ahead.

Results

Preliminary Card

Main Card

  • Heavyweight Bout: Fabricio Werdum defs. Brandon Vera via TKO (referee stoppage) at 4:40 of round 1.
  • Middleweight Bout: Thales Leites defs. Nate Marquardt via split decision (28-27, 27-28, 28-27). Marquardt was deducted points in both the second and third rounds due to knees to a downed opponent and strikes to the back of the head respectively.
  • Welterweight Bout: Mike Swick defs. Marcus Davis via unanimous decision (29-27 x3). Swick was deducted a point in the third round due to holding the fence.
  • Middleweight Bout: Michael Bisping defs. Jason Day via TKO at 3:42 of round 1.
  • Catchweight Bout (174 lbs.): Thiago Alves defs. Matt Hughes via TKO (knees and punches) at 1:02 of round 2.

Bonus Awards

Fight Of The Night: Matt Wiman and Thiago Tavares

Submission Of The Night: Kevin Burns

Knockout Of The Night: Thiago Alves

  • Each bonus was worth $50,000

UFC Event Chronology

Preceded by: UFC 84: Ill Will

Followed by: The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale

External Links

http://85.ufc.com - Official UFC 85 Website

--Sam Cupitt 07:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

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