UFC 85 Results

Well everyone, I didn't do so well on calling the fights, but to be quite honest, the whole Pay Per View was a big letdown. The Vera/Werdum fight was a horrible way to start off, and it didn't help with Alves coming into the night at least a good 10 lbs. bigger than Matt Hughes. The rest of the fights were somewhat disappointing, with a big loss by Marcus Davis. I was pulling big time for him, but he just had a bad showing. Anyways, the results are below:

Preliminary Card

Heavyweight bout: Antoni Hardonk vs. Eddie Sanchez
Hardonk defeats Sanchez by KO at 4:15 of Round 2.

Welterweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. Jess Liaudin
Taylor defeats Liaudin by split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).

Light Heavyweight bout: Jason Lambert vs. Luis Cane
Cane defeats Lambert by TKO (referee stoppage) at 2:07 of Round 1. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast.

Welterweight bout: Roan Carneiro vs. Kevin Burns
Burns defeats Carneiro by submission (triangle choke) at 2:53 of Round 2.

Lightweight bout: Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares
Wiman defeats Tavares by KO (punch) at 1:57 of Round 2. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast.

Middleweight bout: Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera
Kampmann defeats Rivera by submission (guillotine) at 2:44 of Round 1. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast.


Main Card

Heavyweight bout: Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera
Werdum defeats Vera by TKO (strikes) at 4:40 of Round 1.

Middleweight bout: Nathan Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
Leites defeats Marquardt by split decision (28-27, 28-27, 27-28). 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 (punch to the back of the head).

Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Marcus Davis
Swick defeats Davis by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 29-27. Swick had 1 point deducted in round 3 for holding the cage.

Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Jason Day
Bisping defeats Day by TKO (strikes) at 3:42 of Round 1.

Catchweight bout (175lb.): Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves
Alves defeats Hughes by TKO (knee) at 1:02 of Round 2. Alves was unable to make the welterweight limit of 170 lbs, officially weighing in at 174 lbs.