UFC 85 Fight Card Update

I believe it was Robbie Burns who said the best laid plans of mice and men get punched in the face. Next month’s UFC 85 show at the O2 Arena in London was supposed to feature Chuck Liddell and Mauricio Rua in the main event. Then Rua needed surgery on his knee. And then Liddell injured his hamstring.

Those two headliners have been replaced by Rashad Evans and James Irvin. Not a lot of star power there, so there’s a new main event. Here’s the card as of Thursday:

Main
Welterweight: Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves
Middleweight: Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben
Welterweight: Mike Swick vs. Marcus Davis
Light Heavyweight: Rashad Evans vs. James Irvin
Heavyweight: Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera

Preliminaries
Middleweight: Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera
Middleweight: Nathan Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
Lightweight: Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares
Light Heavyweight: Jason Lambert vs. Luis Cane
Welterweight: Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan
Heavyweight: Antoni Hardonk vs. Neil Wain
Welterweight: Jess Liaudin vs. Paul Taylor
Welterweight: Jonathan Goulet vs. Paul Tellies Kelly

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