Hughes vs. Alves to Headline UFC 85 in England
Written by Scott White on Fri, Apr 25, 2008
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has officially announced that former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes will take on Thiago “Pitbull” Alves in the main event at UFC 85 in London, England.
“Obviously Chuck Liddell’s injury was a big blow, but as always our incredible fighters step up to give fans the best possible replacement,” said Dana White, UFC President. “Now we will see an explosive matchup between top ten ranked contender Thiago “Pitbull” Alves and two time former UFC World Champion Matt Hughes. Alves is an ATT trained Muay Thai wrecking machine coming off of five straight wins and Hughes is a powerhouse wrestler who was the most dominant welterweight champion in UFC history. These are two of the best athletes in the sport and we are thrilled to bring them to London for the UFC 85 main event.”
The UFC also officially announced that Michael “The Count” Bisping will face Chris “The Crippler” Leben and James “Sandman” Irvin will replace Chuck Liddell and face “Sugar” Rashad Evans.
UFC 85
Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves
Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben
Marcus Davis vs. Mike Swick
Rashad Evans vs. James Irvin
Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera
Jorge Rivera vs. Martin Kampmann
Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares
Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
Jason Lambert vs. Luiz Crane
Roan Carneiro vs. TBA
Antoni Hardonk vs. Neil Wain
April 26th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
That sucks that the Jorge Rivera fight got put on as an undercard. A bad jaw injury and he gets forgotten about. He was seconds away from beating Rich Franklin, did better than most against Silva, and destroyed Grove, and he’s still fighting for respect. Just because you’re a class act and you don’t ham it up or talk ridiculous smack, you’re supposedly not “marketable”, and it’s b.s.
Good for him, he got that endorsement deal from NoBs Alpha Male, and is the face of their cologne called Fighter. It’s pretty cool, finally a great smelling cologne for fighters, at http://www.nobsalphamale.com.