UFC 85: Alves Floors Hughes as Bisping Fires Up London
On June 7, 2008, Thiago Alves stopped Matt Hughes in the main event of UFC 85: Bedlam at The O2 Arena in London. A flying knee and punches ended their fight at 1:02 of the second round, giving Alves a prominent victory over the former welterweight champion.
Alves and Bisping deliver stoppages
Alves’ finish led an eleven-bout card featuring a mixture of early submissions, striking stoppages and close decisions. Michael Bisping added another leading result, stopping Jason Day with punches at 3:42 of the first round in front of the English crowd.
Mike Swick defeated Marcus Davis by unanimous decision over three rounds. Thales Leites took a split decision over Nate Marquardt, while Paul Taylor earned another split verdict against Jess Liaudin. Those were the only three fights to reach the judges.
Werdum, Kampmann and the remaining winners
Fabricio Werdum stopped Brandon Vera with punches at 4:40 of round one. Martin Kampmann submitted Jorge Rivera with a guillotine choke at 2:44 of the opening round. Matt Wiman knocked out Thiago Tavares with punches at 1:57 of round two.
Kevin Burns submitted Roan Carneiro with a triangle choke at 2:53 of round two. Luiz Cane stopped Jason Lambert with punches at 2:07 of the first, and Antoni Hardonk stopped Eddie Sanchez with punches at 4:15 of round two.
Eight finishes gave Bedlam plenty of decisive moments. Alves’ victory over Hughes remained the headline, with Bisping’s first-round TKO and the supporting submission wins completing a varied London show.
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