That’s not a joke.
Rashad Evans — who was scheduled to fight Thiago Silva (UFC 84), then Chuck Liddell, then James Irvin and finally Luis Cane — will now fight no one at UFC 85: “Bedlam” at the O2 Arena in London, England, on June 7.
This despite an official report just yesterday evening that Cane was going to be pulled from his bout with Jason Lambert and he would take on Evans. Now the bout between Cane and Lambert is back on again and “Sugar” will fight another day … just not on June 7.
The middleweight showdown between Nate Marquardt and Thales Leites has been promoted to the televised portion of the pay-per-view (PPV) main card.
Here’s the snip from UFC.com:
“After more twists and turns than a Hollywood thriller, June 7th’s UFC 85: Bedlam show has finally been set with 11 fights. Included is a move of the intriguing middleweight clash between Nate Marquardt and Thales Leites to the pay-per-view portion of the card, and a scrapping of the Rashad Evans vs James Irvin bout due to a broken foot suffered by Irvin. Evans, who was originally scheduled to take on Chuck Liddell on the card before ‘The Iceman’ tore a hamstring in his right leg, will not be fighting on June 7th.”
UFC 85, which features the main event between former welterweight champion Matt Hughes and Thiago Alves, is now set to showcase 11 fights.
Here’s the line up:
Main Event:
Matt Hughes (42-6) vs. Thiago Alves (14-3)
Main card (televised):
185 lbs.: Michael Bisping (15-1) vs. Jason Day (17-5)
170 lbs.: Mike Swick (11-2) vs. Marcus Davis (14-3)
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt (26-7) vs. Thales Leites (12-1)
265 lbs.: Brandon Vera (8-1) vs. Fabricio Werdum (10-3-1)Under card (May not be broadcast):
185 lbs.: Martin Kampmann (15-2) vs. Jorge Rivera (15-6)
155 lbs.: Thiago Tavares (13-1) vs. Matt Wiman (9-3)
170 lbs.: Roan Carneiro (12-6) vs. Ryo Chonan (14-8)
205 lbs.: Jason Lambert (23-7) vs. Luis Arthur Cane (7-1)
170 lbs.: Jess Liaudin (12-9) vs. Paul Taylor (8-3-1)
265 lbs.: Neil Wain (4-0) vs. Antoni Hardonk (6-4)
Removing Evans from the card actually makes sense — there was no real upside in a fight with Cane. His sights are set on a light heavyweight title shot and a win over Cane would not do much to improve his standing in a very crowded 205-pound division.
And a loss would have been a major setback.
It’s just too bad we won’t get to see him take on Silva this Saturday as originally planned … that’s a good fight.
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I guess I will not be watching this card unless it is free on Spike. Should be a Fight Night instead of a PPV.
If you had told me this would be the card they would bring to the uk…. i wouldn’t have paid out all the money for tickets and hotels
i think the card is actually quite good apart from the main event! which isnt worth of the status!
maybe the ufc should book henderson vs quarry or quarry vs franklin or maybe clay guida vs gray maynard! that would be a great fight! short notice but theyd get serious respect! more big names needed! but if davis beats swick then he truely is worth of a status of tile contender
What next? Is Joe Rogan pulling out too……lol
Thiago Silva vs Rashad would have been a great match for this weekend. What a card that would have been. Anything overseas should be a fight night card with a decent main event and shown on Spike.
I am actually happy that they bumped Suga off this card. I would much rather see my boy, Thales Leites upset Marquardt than watching Rashad fight anyday!!!!
I dont mind this card. Not the big blockbuster main event that we would have all liiked but I see all these match ups being very competitive…. I am satisfied with it!
VM: The Cabana boy is sticking…lol!
I agree John. I actually really like this card. I hope there are some quick KO’s because I also really want to see Kapmann back in there. And any card with a Marcus Davis fight I can’t miss.
Not to mention the London cards are a great excuss to drink beer in the afternoon!
Wasn’t Shane Carwin supposed to be on this card too? What happened to him?
Shane Carwin is fighting this weekend in Vegas.
I’m not seeing the post I made with current odds. Can anyone else see it or is my computer on crack today?
BNF: I too enjoy the 3:00 pm broadcasts. Last day event, I watched at hooters…like u said an excuse for getting drunk during the day is never bad. VM: Scroll down, your odds have been posted
Yeah I think Rashad getting the boot is a good thing, because it makes room and time for another good fight that we would have otherwise missed.
This is insane. Haha. I feel bd for anyone who bought a ticket in England. It isn’t the UFC’s fault that everyone is getting hurt, but they really need to rethink the idea of having this as a PPV, not to mention, a tape delay PPV at that. They tried, but this card is just terrible.
Also, I don’t know where else to post this, but check out this crazy video that I saw on Sherdog about a Kung-Fu “master” calling out Nick Thompson.
YouTube - Maoshan Answers Nick the Bitch Thompson
Hey, whats up guys. I don’t have much time, I got to run to a meeting. But since I now have an account on Bodog again as well, I was checking out some of thier advance lines, and they have waaaaay more than BetUs.
However, you cannot do parlays for mma on Bodog. On BetUs I already placed my parlay on Penn/Machida. But for future events, a lot of us have been discussing what the odds may be. The two fights that we have been discussing most, I just bet on because the odds looked FANTASTIC. I bet on Jason Day and Marcus Davis. Here are some of the odds.
Tavarez -500
Wiman +350
Chonan -150
Carneiro +120
Bisping -340
Day +260
Davis -115
Swick -115
Werdum -110
Vera -120
Marquardt -145
Leites +115
Hughes -240
Alvez +190
Sanchez -500
Fioravanti +350
Fisher -240
Stephens +190
Burkman -220
McLovin +180
Eastman -155
McFedries -110
Horn -155
Lister +125
Tanner -245
Grove +195
Cote -150
Almdeia +110
Joe Daddy -215
Tibau +175
Kos -325
Lytle +250
Franklin’s Cabana Boy -120
Cole Miller -110
I only knew the odds to 3 of those fights prior to 10 minutes ago. I am hoping to back to my computer before leaving for the day around noon.
i just had a bodog account but now openned a betus account for the parlaying. sports props @ bodog, Lakers win by 7-13. easy money, great odds. what are you on?
This is insane. Haha. I just feel bad for anyone who purchased tickets for this fight. It is not the UFC’s fault that all of these fighters are getting injured and pulling out, but they really need to rethink the PPV idea. At this point the card is awful, and not worth the 50 bucks, especially since it is a tape delay PPV. They would make more off of the commercials on Spike.
Oops, damn double post.
Only the main event and Vera-Werdum are interesting. This is the weakest card the UFC has put together so far this year. I feel sorry for people who ordered the PPV or bought cards beforehand when the card looked much better.
i still find the card interesting. mma is mma thats just how it is
“Rashad Evans — who was scheduled to fight Thiago Silva (UFC 84), then Chuck Liddell, then James Irvin and finally Luis Cane — will now fight no one at UFC 85″
I think Rashad will win this one!!
I have a ticket and am not too disappointed. Will only be able to make the final 5 fights (ie 8 pm start) as Im travelling from the North. Rashad is the most boring fighter in the UFC. I would rather BBQ my own tongue than watch a full 15 of him dry humping Irvin. Nate VS Thales is an much better fight.
Fair enough the card is plagued with changes due to injury, and I can see how it’s considered a weak card, but it’s still got some really good match-ups:
Hughes vs Alves; both are good fighters, Alves could be on a roll and we’ll see if Hughes still has some fire;
Mike Swick vs Marcus Davis; Marcus has been on a crazy streak of victories and Swick, although he’s lost some steam, is always interesting. I wonder if Marcus can continue his streak of victories in the UK. Each of those fights has been awesome;
Martin Kampmann vs Jorge Rivera; Jorge always brings it and has good hands. He’s looking good since his beat down on Grove. Kampmann is finally back from injury. We’ll see if his tough chin can handle Jorge;
The kickboxing bout between the Dutchman Hardonk and the pommy Wain; Wain is undefeated and hasn’t gone past the first round. Hardonk’s gonna change that (the undefeated part anyway).
Both Taylor’s fights have been highly entertaining, they’ve been great battles. I’m expecting a KO against Liaudin;
Vera and Werdum; I think it’s a very good match-up. Both lose only to very high-quality competition.
These are good fights to me, as well as a couple of others I haven’t mentioned (although Bisping vs Leben would have been fantastic!)
I can see the disappointment due to bigger named match-ups but these are match-ups nonetheless, good ones. I’m still looking forward to it despite the disappointment.
Final note: If they just kept Rashad in and had him fight Thiago Silva it would level the quality of the card a bit more.
They should still let Rashad fight, even if it it on his own. When the bell rings he can lie on the ground for fifteen minutes doing nothing and then win by split decision.
Evans has been training for months and has no one to fight lol
Ha ha, very good! I hate rashad.
Hahahaha!
Rashad sux. Did anybody see him trying to look like Bruce Lee with his hand movement when he was standing up with Tito? lol. On top of that, he didn’t even throw anything. what a poser.
I’ve been saying he’s over rated for a long time now, too bad we’ll have to wait even longer to see him lose.
Sorry guy’s this is off the topic but i was switching thru the channels and saw a show on BET called “Iron Ring” it’s a lame way for rap stars to try to cash in on the M.M.A explosion thats been going on. i mean you have Floyd Fagwether on the show talking crap about Shonie Carter and on how m.m.a. fighters are nothing compared to boxers yet he is supposed to be coaching a team? What kind of b.s. is that! He should stick to his own sport which is about to die any day now or before someone breaks that jaw which he uses to talk alot of crap with. P.s. BET should mind it’s business as well and stick to what it knows best jazz & rap videos. Am i the only person who feels this way?
Hey, this is how Mayweather, er Fagweather, earns his fake money that he throws at strippers. http://www.faniq.com/blog/Floyd-Mayweather-Jr-Makes-It-Rain-With-Counterfeit-100s-Blog-8949
TUF finale card is better than this one.
Imagine a fight between Evans & Machida! My god that would be a snoozefest!!!!
I bought 2 tickets for this S**t in pre-sale in the beginning of march, a flight to london and a hotel. Now I want to shoot myself. I guess this will teach me a good lesson… I Will Never Trust This S**t again !
I know im so pissed at this, alot of money in the toilet.
There still promoting this as a 13 fight card in the uk! the bastards!
wow, gutted i don’t get to see rashad irvin but way back i was looking forward to the marquardt fight and i think thales leites will take the win after a war, should be a good one
There is a sleeper here and its Roan and Ryo… Mark my words.
you may be right. i looked at that fight and thought it lookef interesting.
saw this show called iron ring on BET it sucks. They (BET) should stick to playing jazz and rap videos or something i mean they have floyd maywether talking about how a m.m.a. fighter couldn’t hang with a boxer….. but get this guys he’s a coach for a team??? Then he trash talks Shonie Carter what kind of crap are they trying to pull? Is Gary Shaw behind this wannabe ultimate fighter show or what.
holy crap this fight card is getting worse and worse. who really wants to see a washed up matt hughes fight as a main event
Maybe they can go down to the minors and pull up a few fighters..
I still don’t think it’s that bad. Hughes fight is solid. Bisping might be a real contender at 185 and Vera might still be a future champ. Where am I wrong?
Oh c’mon, Bisping a real contender? He’s Dana’s personal pet project and got artificially hyped into the “big white hope”.
Okami or Franklin would destroy him, let alone Anderson Silva.
Um…Big white Hope…Franklin and Henderson are both white? And I said might be a contender. Bisping vs Franklin is def co-main event material, which is why he might be a contender! That’s what condtenders do sell fights and bring excitement to their weight class.
Um.. “Big White Hope”…Both Franklin and Henderson are both white? And I said might be a contender. Franklin vs Bisping would def be a co-main event on any UFC card. Which is my point, that’s what contenders do they bring excitement to their weight classes. I’m not even a big fan of his, but he does bring some juice to a much needed 185 weight class.
I think the only place you’re wrong is in guessing Bisping maybe being a real contender. Everyone talks about how “crisp” he is now. But against who? McCarthy? At least Day isn’t a can (but I’m still not very familiar with him). I look forward to the Count fighting a top 10 sometime in the next 25 to 30 years, until then I can’t consider him much of anything.
This is a really bad line up. I want to see half price tickets to the next UK main event for fans like me who have brought tickets and have had the main event changed 3 times. I know injuries are unavoidable but this card is rubbish.
Free please…this is terrible.
im telling you all hughes or alves is gonna get hurt and then what? actually i hope not, but this will probably be the lowest selling ppv for the ufc in years. if you look at the lineup it is a great card for an ufn but just average for ppv. for $45 there should be at least 1 blockbuster plus the rest of these fights.
I was not even excited anyway about Evans/Irvin so I dont care.
agreed. the only thing that excited me was the possibility of rah getting ko’d highlight style. i’d love to see wanderlei beat jardine and then get a shot at murdering rah.
UFC85: Undercards
Haha ufc actually listened to me, i said id much rather see Marquardt vs leites on the main card. Guess they took notice? ha
If we can see Shogun vs. Liddell and Rashad vs. Thiago soon after, then I’ll be happy.
Rashad, you are fighting Thiago… make that Chuck… er, nevermind, it’ll be James… uh… yeah… make that Luis… um… hmmm… Rashad, you won’t be fighting. But I hope your training was fun.
LOL
hughes alves would be a good co main event
rashad chuck or chuck shogun would have been worthy of being the other
apart from that you really need a title on the line as well
throw someone to andersson silva or make NOG fight someone on it
too late now to really get top fighters to take a fight tho
its more a time to have a ring around and hope theres someone out there who wants a chance on short notice to break in to the ufc
Can’t say I’m going to lose any sleep over Rashad being scratched off the card…..this is actually the best thing to happen to the card since it lost the original main event.
And all the people complaining about this card will be silenced after its over. This is similar to UFC 80, not a lot of marquee names but a ton of good/enjoyable fights. Believe me every fight on the main card will be fantastic. I promise you…eh hopefully?
Still not going to spend £200 on a ticket again after this debacle
this is still a nice card, but i’m pissed at how many good fights are on the undercard. kampmann vs rivera? tavares vs wiman? and especially carneiro vs chonan…damn, i wanna see all of those.
Roan should win. But Ryo is so damn unperdictable just ask anderson silva…
At first I thought that the people going to see this fight live got robbed but then the rest of the cards don’t look very bad at all.
I’d be shocked if this event does better than the upcoming Affliction event. I’m actually looking forwardto the free Elite Xc event on CBS more than UFC 85.
It was a good move bringing Nate’s matchup with Leites forward. Still though, this card is borderline fight night material. Do what’s ight and make this free for the fans.
Looks like a good card. May not be a huge main event, but instead they have a lot of quality fights.
im HAPPY with the removal of evans, i dont like him and hes boring.
now i get to see thales leites fight on the main card.
i don’t see how anyone can complain about this card. this is a great card from top to bottom. and losing boring ass rah evans is nothing to be upset about. the only reason i’m upset he’s not going to be on this card is because all three guys he was supposed to fight were going to knock his ass out, and i would have loved to see that. but, despite the main event not being a title fight, its still a great clash of styles and a chance for hughes to regain a little bit of credibility at this stage in his career. i think that fight is going to be badass. and the other 4 main card fights are all great fights, even bisping and day. this is a huge opportunity for day to win back to back fights against hometown fighters. that fight will be fireworks for sure. and how can anyone complain about marcus davis vs. mike swick, brandon vera vs. fabricio werdum, and the fight that should have been on the main card the whole time between to of the UFC’s best 185ers Nate Marquardt and Thales Leites? the only problem i can really see about this card is that we might not be able to see Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera. Thats a great fight right there. Am I the only one that thinks that fight and the Marquardt fight were main card worthy the whole time? This is a great card gents. I can’t wait for 85, and I’ll gladly pay my 45 bucks to watch it. I’d rather see a card like this with 5 or 6 badass fights, than a card with one great main event that ends up disappointing and maybe one other good fight that was only good because it was an upset, ie UFC 71…or even worse UFC 72, that was saved by a great fight between Guida and Tyson Griffin, but had nothing else to offer besides that. 85 will not disappoint.
ufc always dilvers my arse!!! give us our fuckin money bk dana!!!!! 200 fighter on ufc books n we get that load of shit!!!!
They should add Paul Kelly and Dan Hardy to the card!
I’m happy. would rather see Nate fight than watch Rasha.d
just cancel this pointless card and give us a refund.
none of the fights have championship impact
if alves wins against hughes, he’s right there for a title shot after fitch. vera and werdum are both in the heavyweight title picture. kampmann was one fight away from fighting for middleweight belt before injury. ufc is drooling for 185 contenders, so marquardt/leites has some championship contention possibilities, even though nate already lost to silva, not to mention bisping at 185 is definitely looking to be in title contention soon. there is lots of championship impact on this card brother.
alves had not had enough fights, hughes will fight serra, vera and werdum have both lost in their last 2 fights, kampmann hasn’t fought in a year, marquardt took a beating from silva, don’t know alot about leites, bisbing hasd had 1 185 fight, but i agree, clementi v bj is a must??????????
alves is 7-2 in the ufc with 5 wins in a row including his most recent win over the guy that was ranked number 3 (karo parysian). his last loss was to fitch 2 years ago. he’s ready…hughes will fight serra for sure, no argument there, but he’s not really looking for a title shot anymore. vera and werdum both lost, but to guys that aren’t in the ufc anymore and both former champs, and the heavyweight division is weak right now and those guys are for sure top 5, can’t argue that…kampmann hasn’t fought in a year, but injuries happen, and before that he was one fight away from a title shot. that guy has done nothign but win since being in the ufc. he is definitely in the mix at 185, bisping too despite only 1 fight at 185, he had a couple high profile fights at 205. he moved down to 185 for a reason, to make a run at a title fight, maybe not a title, but a title fight for sure…and marquardt lost to silva, but didn’t really take a beating like you’re saying. he was doing fine in that fight before the last 20-30 seconds of round 1. as a anderson silva fan, he worries me the most as a threat to the belt. leites is a very good all around fighter. probably won’t beat nate, but is still a solid solid contender at 185. top 7 or 8 for sure….and i guess the clementi thing was semi funny, but i didn’t say anything about him, even though he’s on a bit of a run himself lately…
i’m not convinced but take your point. appreciate ufc have not been helped by injuries but feel this a money spinning event rathr than a worthwhile one. think ufc are pying the price for having loaded cards early in the year. those big fights need spreading around and let the lower card build names, hence the weak heavy and midleweight divisions.
the Hitman MartinKappman vs ElConquistidor Jorge Rivera should be promoted to the televised portion.
agreed. kampmann was one fight away from a title shot before he got hurt. and he’s got a chin made out of concrete. combine that with rivera’s punching power and that fight is made for tv. i’m betting we’ll get to see that one anyway. i really like this card and think everyone that is complaining about it is going to be very surprised at how entertaining its going to be.
i knew this would happen but i would rather see marquadt than cane vs evans
they should take leites vs marquardt off and put kampman vs rivera on main card.
I second that.