The UFC was forced to scrap the Rashad Evans-James Irvin bout from UFC 85 after Irvin broke his foot during training.
Evans, who was originally set to face Chuck Liddell at the event before Liddell was forced to drop due to injury, has been dropped from the card according to sources close to the UFC.
Rumors out of Luis Cain's camp have the Brazilian set to fill in for Irvin and face Evans on the card, however, the UFC has stated that Evans is out.
Another change to the card includes a move for the Nate Marquardt-Thales Leitas fight from the under card to the main fight card. The final official fight card can be found below:
Main Card
Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves
Michael Bisping vs. Jason Day Marcus Davis vs. Mike Swick Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera
Preliminary Card
Jorge Rivera vs. Martin Kampmann
Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares
Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan
Luiz Cane vs. Jason Lambert
Paul Taylor vs. Jess Liaudin
Antoni Hardonk vs. Neil Wain
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