UFC 85; still a mess

Thiago Alves weighed in at a whopping 4 lbs. over his targeted 170 lbs weight maximum for his main event fight with Matt Hughes.

It is always somewhat shocking when a main card UFC fighter fails to make weight. They have months generally to prepare for a fight. However, this case is a bit different.

Alves did take this fight on short notices after 8 fighters had been taken off the card for a number of reasons. This was the card that was suppose to have Chuck Liddell facing Rashad Evans in the main event.

Another reason why this might not be a huge surprise is the fact that after Alves' victory over Tony DeSouza he tested positive for a banned substance, Spironolactone. This substance is commonly used to help fighters cut water weight.

I was and I suppose am still a pretty big Alves fan but that is damn embarrassing. Of course there could be a ton of other outside factors that caused this but we do not know for sure.

Here's the card for tomorrow night:

170 lbs.: Matt Hughes (170) vs. Thiago Alves (174)
185 lbs.: Michael Bisping (184) vs. Jason Day (184)
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt (185) vs. Thales Leites (185)
170 lbs.: Mike Swick (170) vs. Marcus Davis (170)
265 lbs.: Brandon Vera (228) vs. Fabricio Werdum (247)
185 lbs.: Martin Kampmann (186) vs. Jorge Rivera (185)
155 lbs.: Thiago Tavares (154.5) vs. Matt Wiman (155)
170 lbs.: Roan Carneiro (171) vs. Kevin Burns (170)
205 lbs.: Jason Lambert (205) vs. Luis Arthur Cane (204)
170 lbs.: Jess Liaudin (169) vs. Paul Taylor (169)
265 lbs.: Eddie Sanchez (244) vs. Antoni Hardonk (247)

NOTE: Matt Hughes did agree to fight Alves even though he did not make weight.