Jason Day replaces Chris Leben at UFC 85

day all the way

If Jason Day wins, that has to be the smartest decision he have ever made in his life. Given that nobody knew him and he surprised alot of people in his debut with a decent opponent in Belcher.

WHAT ? ? ?  

Bisbing in 2nd TKO.

I knew of Him. Doom's Day.  This should be an awesome fight. Not as strong as drawing poer as a Leben/Bisping fight because of the unfamiliarity of the name but should provide similar Fireworks.

Thats an even worse matchup for Bisping.  Comes down to if Days cardio, but he proved to be a tuf mofo taking belcher out in the 1st round.  Off his back, he pummeled belcher with elbows and used a nice high guard, and on his feet, he out struck Belcher.  Definitely a different kind of fighter than Leben is.

I'm so glad somebody took this fight and we still get to see it Televised.  Thanks UFC, not a terrible match up by any means...more interesting than anything.

I was at UFC83 but I don't remember that fight happening.

I'm sorry but I think this card is stacked. Verdum is listed as a top-10 Heavyweight and I believe Brandon Vera is a legit top-10 heavyweight. Marquardt vs Leites. But the fight I'm most excited to see is Marcus Davis vs Mike Swick. FIREWORKS. Mike didn't impress me much in his last fight vs burkman I'm giving the edge to Davis.

WHAT???WHO???
Dana and joe need to stop smoking!

Bisping v. Day = Hamill v. Boetsch

Uh...MMAMAN...please remove head from anoos before commenting....and learn something about the sport moreso than who gets the spotlight....

This should be a good fight but to me it still doesnt match up to the drawing power of Chris Leben vs Bisping..I think some people underestimate the knowledge of British fans..Some of us do have some good understanding of MMA

put this on the undercard!!

Bisping needs to watch out in this one, Day looked awesome in his fight against Belcher...if anyone hasn't seen it....you should definitely DL it...boy can strike....

too bad they couldn't get Kalib to run over there and fight Bisping.

i mean people were saying "bisping vs Franklinn,or okami? what is this!!

Just because people were saying Okami and Franklin doesnt mean Bisping has done anything to deserve those fights yet... They gave Quarry to Franklin early and look what happened to him...he got KTFO.......Day's last two fights are wins over Belcher and Loiseau....i think that fits. Would have liked to seen him fight Quarry but they will meet at some point..same goes for Leben......take it for what it is and enjoy the fights...everyone complains way to much.

Big risk with little reward for Bisping. Day is for real and is not very well known.

I would of much preferred The Athlete, Okami, Tanner(Day would fight Grove in a switch) and obviously Hendo or franklin. Day is about my 19th pick if I really think about it. The first 18 all could make teh fight in 6 weeks

Anyhow, I'm still excited but Joe Silva f'd up again.

He should of mixed and matched 84 as well.

IE: Thiago Silva vs Rashad

Irvin vs Machida

Soku vs Jardine

Wand vs tito

Yup, I predicted Day would replace Leben. all you people counting Day out are gonna be surprised when he beats Bisping, I was watching Day fight for awhile up here in Canada and he’s got skills, he has a win over louoso, and his ufc debut at 83 was long over due. Day via first round submission.

Bisping's gonna be in for a tough fight, Day looked very impressive.  He certainly won't be able to pick him apart like he did McCarthy

I'm definitely excited for this fight, although I would have preferred Leben, Quarry or Macdonald

It's cool, just so long as they don't expect me to pay for it!  Seriously, I'm sick of paying $50....well, for any event (as it's way too much money and unfair that the undercards aren't aired), but even worse is paying that much for events like this, UFC 83, 78, 73, etc.  I'm just done with it; from now on if an event doesn't look like UFC 84 (or pretty damn close) than I'll watch it at a bar or on the internet. 

Shogun, Liddell, Leben, Goulet.....HOLY SHIT...just give us the damn thing for FREE!!!

Dooms Day is the real deal.  Bisping loses at home again, err for real this time.

for those of you unfamiliar with Jason Day, win or lose you'll remember him after this. This dude is tough and I know he'll be in the UFC for a long time. Don't forget this puts more pressure on Bisping than fighting Leben cause not near as many ppl are aware of"dooms day"

Day will give him one hell of a fight...YOU CAN BET ON IT

war-Lethbridge AB

This should be a great fight.  Good on Day for stepping up on short notice against a guy like Bisping. 

This really sucks, I would much rather see Nate Marquardt's fight, He's a top 5 middleweight, Neither Bisping nor Day is that. No disrespect, but why not show the top fighters, instead of the The Ultimate Fighters. I know the English would riot if there were no Bisping on the card though, especially the televised card. I still think it sucks. Just one of You please KO the other one quick so I get to see my Nate the Great!I'll say it again Nate the Great is the man...... the man!!

I just watched this guy on youtube & he looks good. He wasn't as lean, it looks like he might have been at 205 before? One thing that struck me was his ground n pound. As soon as he mounts someone he just lands fast punches until it's over. Should be a good fight.

Maybe all those other guys were asked to fight and turned it down. Don't hate on Joe Silva or the UFC. I think Day is give him fits. There is nothing to blame for. Choked that Leben is out tho. Should be a war.

Oh crap guys. Bisping is in for some trouble, what was initially a gimme fight (as long as Leben didn't get lucky with some random hook) just turned into an execution.

It'll be a fantastic fight for sure but Bisping will now recieve his second loss in the UFC. People keep overlooking Day. I was surprised that most had picked Belcher to beat Day because that was the fight I was the most sure of on that card. I had 100% confidence that Day would stop Belcher.

Day over Bisping by Rear Naked Choke at the 4th minute of the 2nd round.

yes, this will be a good fight... they both looked good on UFC 83 and of course i'd like to see Dooms Day take this one!

This is such a lame fight card

Would have much rather seen Nate Quarry in there instead.

This card has gotten shittier and shittier

Ive got to be honest with you guys, I am not going to purchase this card and I will tell you why.  First thing is first, the main event is no more.  Even the lame ass fight between Hughes and Alves does not pursuade me to purchase this fight.  Second,  This crapy fight between day and Bisping.  Would much rather see Quary or Sell.  I know what you are all thinking, "Sell is a give me for Bisping",  I disagree, I think Sell would go to war with Bisping which in the end is what I want to see.  And the last reason i will not and urge everybody else not to buy this fight is the Nate Marquart fight.  A guy like that should not be on the undercard.  Just like Andrei Arlovski did not deserve to be on the undercard.  This pisses me off Dana, and im sure its pissing off alot of other people too. UFC 85 SHOULD BE FREE!!! 

Jason Day is no slouch, he's beaten David Loiseau and Johnathan Goulet, but lets face it Loiseau hasn't been the same since that Rich Franklin fight and Johanthan Goulet's best win is over Shonnie Carter. I think Jason is going to have problems fighting someone as technically sound, well rounded and well conditioned as Bisping. Bisping has well fought split decisions with Rashad Evans (a top10 LHW) Matt Hamil (even though Hamil won the fight in my opinion) and the absolute destruction of anyone else that has been put infront of him.

From what I've seen of Day, he seems to have a very good ground game. He seems to work very well from his back and has good position transitioning. Very good submission skills also from Day which is a plus. As far as his takedowns, they seem above average. Nothing exceptional, but nothing to sneeze at, especially since Bisping is usually taken down when he gets too aggressive with his striking. I haven't seen too much of his stand up, he seems to have some decent dirty boxing, a bit of a wildcard, but it doesn't strike me as anything a technical striker like Bisping will have problems with. Also his conditioning is a big question mark, to me. I haven't seen Day get into a drag out fight, which it may come to, when dealing with a fighter as slippery as Bisping.

Bisping on the other hand, has a lot of good qualities, and only a few exploitable weaknesses, I have to pick him as the fighter to win. Bisping's stand up is incredibly sound. He's a technical striker with excellent takedown defense, which so far only seems to suffer when he gets a bit too aggressive with his striking, which could be a problem. Bisping works very well on his back, in so far that he has proven difficult to keep on the ground. If Day can keep Bisping on the ground, it may be a different ballgame, as Bisping isn't very likely to submit a guy from the bottom. I think it's a non issue though, because even Rashad and Hamil had problems keeping him down, so I doubt Day will be able to.

Bisping also boasts good takedowns, but he is by no means a Koscheck or Hughes. However, if Bisping does get a takedown, a very good ground n' pound will soon follow (see the bloody pulp he made of Elvis Sinosic). Bisping should, stand up if he scores a takedown, rather then deal with someone who is as good on his back as Day. As good as his ground n' pound may be, Bisping wants to keep this fight standing. There isn't any questions about Bisping's conditioning. His fights with Hamil and Rashad shows he's got plenty in the tank.

I mean, Day is an good fighter and as a fellow Canadian, I hope he does well in the UFC, it's just Bisping has more tools at his disposal and I'm a much bigger fan of Bisping. Bisping will dominate the stand-up. If somehow he gets too aggressive and gets taken down, he's going to get back up again. If he somehow scores a takedown, he's probably going to either stand-up or ground n' pound. The only two ways I can see Day pulling this out. The first is if he catches Bisping with a submission, if Bisping opts to ground n' pound instead of stand up..and even that is chancey against Bisping. The second, is if he can take Bisping down and utilize his transitioning ability to confound Bisping, keep him on the ground and submit him.

Bisping on the other hand, I think is going to KO Day or take him to a decision. Day will have a hard time taking Bisping down, and Bisping will likely either KO Day with solid knees, a nice hook or ground and pound him out. If he has any problems doing that, he'll simply stand Day up and use his superior striking to weave in and out, and pick Day apart to a decision. I would have much rather seen Leben vs Bisping which I feel would have been a closer fight.

dude i dont need 18 paragraphs to break this down, day takes it...

knock out for bisping

Yeah, I think that was the longest comment anyone has ever left on mmjunkie.  Dude, PARAphrase.  mmartist is right, your a ===== === for writing all that.

George, if you're so convinced UFC 85 is going to be boring, why do you want Dana to air it for free?  So you can watch it?  Hmmm.  Seems like the real issue is you're too cheap / poor to pay for UFC 85, not that you don't want to see it.

To: "Hammer" (regarding your above post) 

No offense, but do you realize how difficult that was to read?  I can't even count how many times you've repeated yourself, not to mention how long the post is.  You'll say something about a fighter and then you repeat/re-phrase the same thing several times throughout the post. 

For example, regarding Bisping's striking being better than Day's, you say the following throughout your post:  

1. "a technical striker like Bisping", 2. "He's a technical striker", 3. "Bisping's stand up is incredibly sound", 4. "Bisping wants to keep this fight standing", 5. "Bisping will dominate the stand-up", 6. "Bisping is going to KO Day", 7. "he'll simply stand Day up and use his superior striking to weave in and out", 8. "Bisping will likely either KO Day......", etc.   

Same thing here:

1. "Bisping is usually taken down when he gets too aggressive", 2. "Bisping is a technical striker with excellent takedown defense, which so far only seems to suffer when he gets a bit too aggressive with his striking", 3. "If somehow he gets too aggressive and gets taken down......"

I'm not trying to be an a$$, I'm just making you aware of how many times you repeat yourself, which just isn't necessary (and takes place many more times in your post than what I've quoted above).  In trying to be thorough I sometimes do the same thing too; it's just difficult/annoying to read, especially on a forum, so that's why I am bringing it to your attention.  Hope you see this.   

Puxin, your such a =====.  I watch ANYTHING that has to do with combat sports including boxing.  I watch the lower tier of mma and tivo anything with mma in it.  So yeah ==== guy, I will watch ufc 85 if it is free.  Thats what MMA fans do =====, watch MMA sports.  I will NOT shell out 45dollars to see this.  Thats all im saying.  If you want to wach it then go ahead, im not your probation officer to tell you what you can and cannot do!!!  my opinion




(next time, please make your point without the childish namecalling.  -P)

Why put in Jason Day when you have Nate Quarry? I just don't get the matchmaking here.

michael bisping by rigged decision

bisping got lucky! i still hope they fight in the future 'coz leben will knock the livin' daylights outta him!!!

I have no idea why so many people are complaining about this card... In my opinion, it's pretty stacked thus far. Headliner Hughes/Alves isn't Liddell/Rua but it's no Bisping/Evans. There are plenty of important and interesting fights on this card so I have no idea where people are coming from when they claim this card is getting crappier and crappier.

Hughes/Alves - Signifiant telling of where Hughes and Alves lie in the division. A Hughes win solidifies his status against an up and comer that is fairly close to the top of the ladder. An Alves win solidifies him as a contender and opens up more match ups. This fight is interesting as Alves is very strong as well and although his standup is not as fluid as GSPs, it is still good thereby testing Hughes' ability to take this to the ground and finish (something we haven't seen in awhile).

Bisping/Day - This will no doubt be Bisping's claim to fame if he can pull it off. Day is his toughest test to date. Day is very capable both standing up and on the ground. On the ground he is very versatile and I would say he takes it if it hits the ground. A win over Bisping will get Day the recognition he deserves as everyone is still underestimating him despite his win over Loiseau and his dismantling of Belcher.

Davis/Swick - This is intriguing as this will be Davis' toughest fight to date. Swick may not be ranked yet in the WW division but I always give the first fight in a weight class the benefit of the doubt, and Swick promised to come back the same for his second fight at WW. If the Swick of old comes to fight, then we will see a very interesting fight. Whether it stays standing or goes to the ground I can't tell. Swick may be intimidated by Davis' impressive standup and may opt to take this to the ground and see how he fares there. We haven't seen Davis' much on the ground so i'm not sure how it would fare on the ground. Maybe we finally get to see another swickitine?

Evans/Irvin - Classic wrestler/striker matchup. I almost feel back that Irvin has to face Evans. I like him as a fighter and he has incredible stand up but his ground game is very weak as we have seen many times over. Irvin is tough, so I see him taking it to the finish to lose a decision to Evans due to ground and pound. I doubt Evans will pull out a submission. I'd like to see some Irvin matchups against the upper echelons of the LHW division but to get there he'd have to somehow beat Rashad and I don't see it happening because Rashad has very strong wrestling and he's bound to get Irvin to the ground. Think about a Liddell/Irvin fight eh? Irvin's standup is topnotch and I don't know if even the Iceman could win that one.

Rivera/Kampmann - Very interesting for the MW division. Kampmann was once thought to be on the verge of becoming a contender and a win over a hotstreak Rivera would prove that Kampmann has not gotten rusty and still belongs in the mix. A win for Rivera over the previously highly touted Kampmann is another W in his hotstreak to the title. A win over Kampmann probably means Rivera will be matched with the likes of Horn/Marquardt/Macdonald. Getting him ever closer to a title shot.

And plenty more like Werdum/Vera and Marquardt/Leites.

It's a pretty "star-studded" card in that most of the names are very well known and "fan-friendly." Just because they're not all superstars like GSP/Hughes/Silva/Franklin/Liddell/Wand/Shogun/Griffin/Rampage doesn't mean the card sucks by any means. This card will decipher many things in many divisions. Does Davis have what it takes to win in the same dominating fashion he has been against tougher opponents? Can Swick achieve the same success as a WW? Has time passed Hughes by? Does Alves deserve a title shot? A chance for Irvin to raise his stock in the LHW division quickly? Who gets closer to a fight for the title Werdum/Vera? A chance for Leites to show he belongs with the best at 185?

I can't wait.

Alas there are many typos. Just to let you know that I realize how many typos I made, I just don't spellcheck on posts. Plus it's late.

Day is gonna win this fight,I guarantee it! You’re all counting Day out because his fight against Belcher was his ufc debut, but I’m telling you all he’s gonna dominate, trust me. I think he might even be the future champ.

what a turn of events for jason in a matter of months. it's good to see him finally getting some well deserved attention. great addition to the card. should be an excellent match, but i'd go with jason by submission in the second after hurting bisping on the feet.

im freakin pissed i wanted to se the crippler knock bisping the----out damn day 2nd round tko..

I'm a HUGE mma fan, but, let's get a few things straight.
1. I like all the match up's and Joe and Dana have done a great job sticking and moving to make this an interesting card.
2. With so many relacements,we as a fan base, will never all be happy.
3. This will not be broadcast for free lest we forget who the real winner will be just like he is in every other event...............................................................


Wait for it......................................................................







Dana's wallet fool's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




With all the B.S. on this card, the right thing to do is to give it to the fan's for free.

Think it will happen?  Wait a second, I think a monkey might be flying out of my a$$!!!!

Bisping by 1st round KO

Davis will KO Swick nice and quick.
Swick cant handle the hand grenades explosive punching power and I am 95% confident that Swick is
in for his worst beating so far.

Unless some super galactic miracle occurs, Evans will beat Irvin using his exciting wrestling style that almost
got him to headline 2 cards in a row. Once Evans takes you down thats where your staying,Evans is so
skillfull t holding his opponent on the mat that he dosnt even try to throw any punches or go for any risky
submissions. Evans is the greatest LnP fighter in the world.Why should he risk it?
I think the excitment will be too much for me during that fight so to avoid having a heart attack I will take 18
minutes out to go get a beer and some fried chicken (which is nice at the 02 arena) before returning to
my seat to see all the people who have fainted and fallen asleep with the excitement of seeing the great
"Sugar" Rashad Evans in action!

Bisping by....murder.
Just because Day has one good fight in the UFC does not make him a superstar.  Bisping looked great at 185 and will destroy him.

see you watched TUF last week treebranch

This matchup really doesn's complete the card, they should have tried to call Hendo in....Bisping would have got beat, but it would have been a good fight, and Hendo NEEDS a win......Not feelin this card at all.

Wow this has to be one of the best cards put together since the Elite XC kimbo slice vs tank abott card.  I mean seriously this card is stacked......Noooot!   Wow Joe Silva must be smoking a blunt back there and must secretly want to sabotage the ufc's reputation.  Who the hell has Jason Day beat and please dont tell me david lousieu and goulet because those guys are not even the middle of the pack.  This card is just a disaster and isnt even Fight Night Caliber, you guys who even know who jason day is need to get a life and stop watching videos on the internet about tomato can losers beating up wanna be tomato can losers.

That's it, I'm selling my tickets on ebay, I'm not spending over £300 a ticket for a fight between Jason Day and Micheal Bisping, which supposedly 'saves the card'. The English cards are always rubbish and we are always waiting for a better card to come along!!!! Now the best we've got is Matt Hughes after his prime, Micheal Bisping (Who everyone boo'd after the Matt Hamil fight- IN ENGLAND) and Rashad Evans????!!!!!!! Why was Rashad Evans kept on the card after Chuck pulled out???? And 13 fights to make it up to us, does not mean you add an extra 2 prelims of nobodies!!! This is the worst card of the year, and it's no surprise that it's been given to England. Looking forward to the next card of nobodies we'll be getting next year......

As a side note, has anyone else noticed, that Bisping doesn't look like he's cut all that much weight from when he was fighting at light heavyweight. I mean, when BJ, Hendo, Sherk, Horn and Randy went down a weight class, you could see the difference. I just don't see much of a noticeable difference in Bisping when he went down to middleweight.

You can tell he cut weight look at his arms!there way smaller now

"yabba"

why are you talking nonsence, what is so bad about Bisping fighting Jason Day? Just because you only
know about the big name fighters. Jason Day is a very skilled fighter and to me this is almost just as
interesting as the leben fight, I have payd £295 for tickets and I am happy.
How can you compare this to that stupid EliteXC card with Kimbo vs Tank? Look at the fighters on this card
Bisping, Hughes, Werdum,Evans and Vera to name but  a few. Then you have the Swick vs Davies fight aswell.
This is a brilliant fight card and one that only the type of fans who only know who Kimbo is wont enjoy.
I am really looking forward to it and am counting down the days.

I have to laugh at some of the idiots who post on this site, I write names down of certain people when I
read a ridiculous post and know sooner or later they will completly contradict themselves and they sound
so retarded when you read their 2 posts one after the other.
I am not gonna mention names anymore because I refuse to be drawn into a patheticaly childish argument
with one of these morons.
Not too long ago before Bisping fought McCarthy alot of these kids where saying how Bisping had chose
to fight him and would be scared to fight Leben or some other fighters,one of those mentioned was Alan
Belcher who would apparently "KTFO Bisping". Now a guy comes along and schools Belcher and Bisping is fighting
him now so these idiots resort to claiming that Jason Day is a can.

Why do these people spen so much time on a discussion forum if thier brains dont allow them to engage in
a discussion?

That sucks. I was looking forward to seeing Leben fight. He's matured so much over his last few fights and I no longer think of him as a punk with a solid chin. Not to mention he trains in my home state of Hawaii.

Only Jason Day fans make lists of other people on mma forums....now im not so suprised you know who he is, you seem to have plenty of time on your hands.  Let me clarify to the list makers out there, I didnt say that the people on this ufc card suck but there fights just dont make sense for ranking and entertainment reasons.  The main event with hughes and alves stinks because who cares if hughes wins because it doesnt mean anything the guy he is fighting is over rated and shouldnt have ever beat karo, same thing with bisping, evans and marquadt.  The only fight that would be both fun to watch and would actually mean something is the marcus davis and micke swick fight.  This is the most even match up and the rest are just lop sided, I feel like im watching pride again.  As far as the heavy weight fight this does have some implication on who will fight who in the future but honestly ....who cares.  The heavy weight division is any empty weight class with Noguiera sitting on top of a very short unimpressive list. 

'shouldnt have ever beat karo'

I'm kinda in 2 moods over this match right now and it's not that Jason Day is replacing Chris Leben, who I love to watch fight, nor that it's Michael Bisping as I'm english and a big fan of him, it's just that you have Thales Leites vs. Nate Marquadt, a huge match for that division in my opinion, now looking like it may be a under-card fight while you have a Ultimate Fighter 3 winner who's just beat Charles McCarthy (not a very big win) against a man who sure, beat the hell out of Alan Belcher but isn't in line for a title shot..... I mean, I was going to go this event, I've already been to 3 ufc's (UFC 70, UFC 75, UFC 80) but I would feel really let down to see a fight like Leites-Marquadt, one which has been delayed for months and months (the visa problems, injuries) not even air on PPV when you have Marquadt, who, even though isn't the most exciting fighter, has bounced back very well after Anderson Silva beat him with that impressive victory over Jeremy Horn and then you have Leites who's excellent on his fight and overall, a great fighter, fighting it out to move up the division.
I know they have to promote Bisping, and to say oh 'let's put him against Dan Henderson' or even Nate Quarry, two real big tests, but I remember in the UFC when if you defeated the best, you got your title shot.
I mean, the main event for UFC 85 is huge, you have Matt Hughes, a guy I really can't stand but is easily the greatest welterweight in UFC History, against Thiago Alves who ko'ed Karo Parisyan and would give GSP a great match but then I look at Bisping-Day and just see it as another ordinany match with no real meaning to it.

Jack

Did you watch the fight, Karo owned him in the first round and then got caught with a knee in the second round.  Same thing happned to GSP the first time he fought serra and got caught with a lt. hook.  Serra should have never beat him the first time like Alves should have never beat Karo the time they fought.

you have to admit that the last fight night card was better than this one. I also think it should be free on Spike. UFC 83 was the first ppv that I did'nt buy in about 2 years cause I knew it would suck. Don't think I'm gettin 85 either. 84 should rock though.

MMA Daniel

I dont understand what your saying because if your at the event you see all the fights anyway???

Day is a quality fighter and will be a handful for Bisping.  Granted he hasn't been on TUF, so he isn't a movie star worthy of instant groupies, etc.  Bisping is also a good fighter.  If Bisping wins this will be his biggest test and likewise for Day... very even in my (biased opinion) as MMASplatter sponsors Jason Day.

I can appreciate the comments about the card and wanting certain fights.  If I could pick for pure MMA matches, regardless of celebrity factor; it would be Thiago Alves vs Marcus Davis.  That's a fight with some meaning in the WW division. 

Hopefully everyone will give Day a chance.  His debut at UFC 83 was an absolute destruction of Alan Belcher.  If that fight didn't happen and Belcher was the opponent for Bisping, I bet there wouldn't be much complaining.  It's a huge opportunity for Day and yes... an even bigger risk for Bisping.  People should respect both for fighters for those reasons and enjoy the fights.  In a bar or on PPV doesn't really matter you will spend the same in the end.   

There's no real main event, but this is actually a very solid card. Definitely worth buying.

Bisbing is lucky Leben doesn't get a hold of him. Day KO 1st round