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UFC 85: Bedlam was held on June 7, 2008 at The O2 arena in London, England.
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, but Liddell was forced to withdraw from the card due to a hamstring injury. 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.
In other changes, a Jonathan Goulet and Paul Kelly match was abandoned 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, and Neil Wain was replaced by Eddie Sanchez.
FightMetric TPR Report
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
| 1 | Antoni Hardonk | Eddie Sanchez | TKO (Punch) | 2 | 4:15 |
| 2 | Paul Taylor | Jess Liaudin | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 3 | Luis Arthur Cane | Jason Lambert | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 2:07 |
| 4 | Kevin Burns | Roan Carneiro | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 2 | 2:53 |
| 5 | Matt Wiman | Thiago Tavares | KO (Punches) | 2 | 1:57 |
| 6 | Martin Kampmann | Jorge Rivera | Submission (Guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:44 |
| 7 | Fabricio Werdum | Brandon Vera | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:40 |
| 8 | Thales Leites | Nathan Marquardt | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 9 | Mike Swick | Marcus Davis | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 10 | Michael Bisping | Jason Day | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:42 |
| 11 | Thiago Alves | Matt Hughes | TKO (Knee and punches) | 2 | 1:02 |
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, England.[1]
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,[2] but Liddell was forced to withdraw from the card due to a hamstring injury.[3] 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.
In other changes, a Jonathan Goulet and Paul Kelly match was abandoned 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,[4] and Neil Wain was replaced by Eddie Sanchez.[5]