UFC 85

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

UFC 85: Bedlam

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

UFC 84: Ill Will

UFC 85: Bedlam

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale

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 ultimately 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 cancelled 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

Main card (PPV)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Catchweight (174 lb)	Thiago Alves	def.	Matt Hughes	TKO (flying knee and punches)	2	1:02
Middleweight	Michael Bisping	def.	Jason Day	TKO (punches)	1	3:42
Welterweight	Mike Swick	def.	Marcus Davis	Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)	3	5:00	^[a]
Middleweight	Thales Leites	def.	Nate Marquardt	Decision (split) (28–27, 27–28, 28–27)	3	5:00	^[b]
Heavyweight	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Brandon Vera	TKO (punches)	1	4:40
Preliminary card
Middleweight	Martin Kampmann	def.	Jorge Rivera	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:44
Lightweight	Matt Wiman	def.	Thiago Tavares	KO (punches)	2	1:57
Welterweight	Kevin Burns	def.	Roan Carneiro	Submission (triangle choke)	2	3:50
Light Heavyweight	Luiz Cane	def.	Jason Lambert	TKO (punches)	1	2:07
Welterweight	Paul Taylor	def.	Jess Liaudin	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Antoni Hardonk	def.	Eddie Sanchez	TKO (punches)	2	4:15

^ Swick had 1 point deducted in round 3 for holding the cage.
^ 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).

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 (7 June 2008). "Thiago Alves beats Matt Hughes at UFC 85". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014.
^ "Pay-per-view : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA". Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
^ "UFC Returns To London". UFC.com. 6 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
^ Thomas Gerbasi (4 March 2008). "Rua Re-Injures Knee, will undergo Surgery". UFC.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008.
^ Foster, Eric (21 April 2008). "Chuck Liddell Injured, Out of UFC 85". MMA Junkie. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
^ Stupp, Dann (27 May 2008). "Kevin Burns expected to replace Ryo Chonan at UFC 85". Retrieved 28 May 2008.
^ Stupp, Dann (28 May 2008). "Another UFC 85 change: Eddie Sanchez replaces Neil Wain". Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
^ Alves, Burns, Wiman and Tavares earn $50K UFC 85 bonuses | MMAjunkie.com Archived 2012-07-11 at archive.today