Thiago Alves, Kevin Burns, Matt Wiman, and Thiago Tavares were each awarded $50,000 bonues for their efforts Saturday night at UFC 85 “Bedlam” at the O2 Arena in London, England. “Knockout of the Night” went to Thiago Alves for his early second round knee and ground and pound stoppage of former UFC welterweight champion and [...]

Thiago Alves stopped former UFC welterweight champion and future hall of famer Matt Hughes via technical knockout early in round two on Saturday, June 7th, at UFC 85 “Bedlam” in front of a sold-out crowd at the O2 Arena in London, England. The showdown between two of the UFC’s top welterweight contenders was the main [...]

UFC 85 “BEDLAM” OFFICIAL RESULTS Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes via TKO – Round 2, 1:02 Michael Bisping def. Jason Day via TKO – Round 1, 3:42 Mike Swick def. Marcus Davis via unanimous decision Thales Leites def. Nate Marquardt via split decision Fabricio Werdum def. Brandon Vera via TKO – Round 1, 4:40 Martin [...]

QUICK RESULTS Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes via TKO – Round 2, 1:02 Michael Bisping def. Jason Day via TKO – Round 1, 3:42 Mike Swick def. Marcus Davis via unanimous decision Thales Leites def. Nate Marquardt via split decision Fabricio Werdum def. Brandon Vera via TKO – Round 1, 4:40 Martin Kampmann def. Jorge [...]

UFC 85 “Bedlam” betting odds courtesy of Bodog. Support MMAFrenzy.com by opening an account today! UFC 85 “BEDLAM” BETTING ODDS Matt Hughes (-200) vs. Thiago Alves (+160) Michael Bisping (-340) vs. Jason Day (+260) Mike Swick (-120) vs. Marcus Davis (-110) Nate Marquardt (-225) vs. Thales Leites (+185) Brandon Vera (-170) vs. Fabricio Werdum (+130) [...]

Thiago Alves failed to make weight today at the 02 Arena in London, England at the weigh-ins for UFC 85 “Bedlam”. Alves tipped the scale at 174 pounds, 3 pounds over the 171 pound non-title bout welterweight limit. His opponent, former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes, weighed in at 170 pounds. Their main event bout [...]

More changes have hit the UFC 85 fight card as undercard fighters Neil Wain and Ryo Chonan have both been forced to withdraw from their scheduled UFC 85 bouts. The latest lineup changes were announced earlier today. UFC 85 “Bedlam” takes place on June 7th at the O2 Arena in London, England and will be [...]

Just hours after announcing that Rashad Evans would face Luiz Cane at UFC 85 in London on June 7th following an injury to James Irvin, the UFC has now released a finalized, official fight card for the pay-per-view event and has announced that Evans will no longer be fighting on the card. A previosuly-scheduled preliminary [...]

From the official announcement: A broken foot has forced light heavyweight James Irvin to withdraw from his UFC 85 showdown with Rashad Evans at London’s O2 Arena. Stepping up to replace ‘The Sandman’ against Evans is Brazil’s Luiz Cane, who was originally scheduled to face Jason Lambert on the June 7th card. Here’s an updated [...]

The UFC has announced that Jason Day will replace Chris Leben against Michael Bisping at UFC 85. From the announcement: With legal issues preventing middleweight contender Chris Leben from being able to prepare sufficiently for a June 7th bout with Michael Bisping in London, England, Canada’s Jason ‘Dooms’ Day has stepped in to face ‘The [...]

A recently-announced UFC 85 bout featuring middleweight contenders Chris Leben and Michael Bisping has been scratched after Leben, who turned himself in 8 days ago on a probation violation, was sentenced to 35 days in jail today over the incident, according to Clackamas County, Oregon officials. The Wrestling Observer is reporting that backup plans were [...]

Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes will face up-and-coming welterweight contender Thiago Alves, who defeated Karo Parisyan in impressive fashion earlier this month, in the main event of UFC 85. The UFC officially announced the headlining bout late this afternoon. UFC 85 takes place June 7th at the O2 Arena in London, England and will [...]

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell has suffered a torn hamstring and has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled UFC 85 main event bout against Rashad Evans, the Ultimate Fighting Championship today announced. Here’s an excerpt from the official announcement: “Unfortunately, Chuck Liddell tore his right hamstring during training last week, and being [...]

Official Fight Card Main Card Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera Preliminary Bouts Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares Rumored Bouts Marcus Davis vs. Mike Swick Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan Jess Liaudin vs. Paul Taylor Luis Arthur Cain vs. Jason Lambert [...]