UFC 85
| UFC 85: Bedlam | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 85: Bedlam | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 7, 2008 | |||
| Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
| City | London, United Kingdom | |||
| Attendance | 15,327[1] | |||
| Total gate | 2,920,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 215,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 85: Bedlam was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), on June 7, 2008 at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.[3]
Background
The card was plagued by a number of injuries sustained by scheduled fighters, forcing the UFC to rework the card several times. Originally, the main event was to be between light heavyweights Chuck Liddell and Mauricio Rua; however, Rua required surgery on an injured knee and could not compete. Rashad Evans then replaced Rua in the main event with Liddell,[4] but Liddell was forced to withdraw from the card due to a hamstring injury.[5]
The UFC then named James Irvin as Liddell's replacement to fight Evans, but Irvin sustained a foot injury that forced him to pull out. Evans was then removed from the card as well. The main event was then changed to Matt Hughes against Thiago Alves. Hughes took the fight on short notice as a favor to the UFC and Alves came in four pounds overweight.
In other changes, a Jonathan Goulet and Paul Kelly match was scrapped when Goulet dropped out citing a lack of training time, followed by Kelly withdrawing before his opponent could be named because of an injury sustained in practice. Due to legal problems which resulted in a lack of time to prepare for his fight with Michael Bisping, Chris Leben was forced to withdraw from the card and the UFC announced Jason Day would face Bisping. Ryo Chonan was replaced by Kevin Burns,[6] and Neil Wain was replaced by Eddie Sanchez.[7]
Results
Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout: Antoni Hardonk vs. Eddie Sanchez
- Hardonk defeated Sanchez via KO (punches) at 4:15 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. Jess Liaudin
- Taylor defeated Liaudin via split decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–29).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Jason Lambert vs. Luiz Cane
- Cane defeated Lambert via TKO (punches) at 2:07 of round 1. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast after the Marquardt vs. Leites bout.
- Welterweight bout: Roan Carneiro vs. Kevin Burns
- Burns defeated Carneiro via submission (triangle choke) at 3:53 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares
- Wiman defeated Tavares via KO (punches) at 1:57 of round 2. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast after the Hughes vs. Alves bout.
- Middleweight bout: Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera
- Kampmann defeated Rivera via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:44 of round 1. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast after the Wiman vs. Tavares bout.
Main card
- Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Marcus Davis
- Swick defeated Davis via unanimous decision (29–27, 29–27, 29–27). Swick had 1 point deducted in round 3 for holding the cage.
- Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Jason Day
- Bisping defeated Day via TKO (strikes) at 3:42 of round 1.
- Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Fabricio Werdum
- Werdum defeated Vera via TKO (strikes) at 4:40 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
- Leites defeated Marquardt via split decision (28–27, 28–27, 27–28). Marquardt had 2 points deducted during the fight, one in round 2 (illegal knee to the head of a downed opponent) and the other in round 3 (elbow to the back of the head).
- Catchweight (174 lb) bout: Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves
- Alves defeated Hughes via TKO (flying knee and strikes) at 1:02 of round 2.
Bonus awards
At the end of this event, the UFC awarded $50,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[8]
- Fight of the Night: Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares
- Knockout of the Night: Thiago Alves
- Submission of the Night: Kevin Burns
References
- ^ Dave Deibert (2008-06-07). "Thiago Alves beats Matt Hughes at UFC 85". The Vancouver Sun.
- ^ http://mmapayout.com/blue-book/pay-per-view/
- ^ "UFC Returns To London". UFC.com. 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2008-03-04). "Rua Re-Injures Knee, will undergo Surgery". UFC.com.
- ^ Foster, Eric (April 21, 2008). "Chuck Liddell Injured, Out of UFC 85". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ Stupp, Dann (2008-05-27). "Kevin Burns expected to replace Ryo Chonan at UFC 85". Retrieved 2008-05-28.
- ^ Stupp, Dann (2008-05-28). "Another UFC 85 change: Eddie Sanchez replaces Neil Wain". Retrieved 2008-05-28.
- ^ Alves, Burns, Wiman and Tavares earn $50K UFC 85 bonuses | MMAjunkie.com
