UFC 85 is Cursed

Something strange is probably gonna happen at UFC 85. It just seems as if the entire event is cursed.

It all started when the UFC had intended to hold an event at the O2 Arena in London about 5 months ago when the venue had to cancel out on the UFC. That was the beginning of bad things to come.

Even though the UFC was able to reschedule another event for the O2 Arena (UFC 85), strange things began to happen.

Because it was the 2nd event in London, the UFC wanted to outdo it's previous draw which was a sellout.

It began with a huge fight between Chuck Liddell and Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua. Besides Rua's loss to Forrest Griffin, he's a bad dude with a superb pedigree from Pride FC. Rua had to pull out of the fight due to a knee injury.

In stepped in 'Sugar' Rashad Evans for the fight of his life against Chuck Liddell. A win against Liddell and he's surely a top contender in the lightheavyweight division. It's also a must win for Liddell who's looking for his 3rd fight against Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson.

Then comes a first. Chuck Liddell has to pull out of the fight due to tearing his hamstring which puts him on the shelf for about 2-3 months. James Irvin steps in to take on Evans but now the fight card is lacking a bonafide main event.

Chris Leben was scheduled to fight Michael Bisping in what could be an 'almost' main event so the card was ok but it would be tough to justify a ppv.

In order to warrant $45, Dana White scheduled Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves as the main event with the 2 other fights as the 'almost' main events.

That was until Chris Leben turned himself in for violating his parole which landed him in jail for 35 days. He had to be scrapped from the fight and in stepped Jason Day to square off against Bisping. Jason Day is a really good fighter and isn't gonna get walked over, but he's just not the name that Chris Leben is.

Well at least he still had Rashad Evans on the undercard and Matt Hughes headlining. Also on the undercard is Marcus Davis vs. Mick Swick so there are a couple names. Not worth a ppv in my opinion but my opinion doesn't count according to Dana White.

Then the news comes about that James Irvin is injured and has to pull out of the fight with Rashad Evans. At this point, it's too late to find a replacement and Evans is pulled off the fight card. It's better off and this way they can set up something that's not just desparation.

But hey, Thiago Alves just dominated Karo Parysian and the market for him vs. Hughes might be enough to carry the ppv. That is until, Alves failed to make weight and now the fight is scheduled to take place at 174 instead of 170. It's not too big of a deal considering it's not for any title but it does change the complexity of the fight. Who knows how those couple pounds will affect either fighter.

All I'm saying is I won't be watching this ppv simply because the fight card doesn't warrant $45. This event should be free on SpikeTV. My curiosity will be getting the better of me because the event seems cursed so something strange just might happen. I guess I'll have to rely on websites for updates and hope I made the right decision.