| UFC 85: Bedlam | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 85: Bedlam | ||||
| 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 amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on June 7, 2008, atThe O2 Arena inLondon,United Kingdom.[3]
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 heavyweightsChuck Liddell andMauricio 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 namedJames 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 toMatt Hughes againstThiago Alves. Hughes took the fight on short notice as a favor to the UFC and Alves came in four pounds overweight.
In other changes, aJonathan Goulet andPaul 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 withMichael Bisping,Chris Leben was forced to withdraw from the card and the UFC announcedJason Day would face Bisping.
Ryo Chonan was replaced byKevin Burns,[6] and Neil Wain was replaced byEddie Sanchez.[7]
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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| 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 | |
At the end of this event, the UFC awarded $50,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[8]
