I guess I will not be watching this card unless it is free on Spike. Should be a Fight Night instead of a PPV.

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

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

the Hitman MartinKappman vs ElConquistidor Jorge Rivera should be promoted to the televised portion.

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.