Just hours after announcing that Rashad Evans would face Luiz Cane at UFC 85 in London on June 7th following an injury to James Irvin, the UFC has now released a finalized, official fight card for the pay-per-view event and has announced that Evans will no longer be fighting on the card.
A previosuly-scheduled preliminary bout [...]

Official Fight Card

Main Card

Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans
Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera

Preliminary Bouts

Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares

Rumored Bouts

Marcus Davis vs. Mike Swick
Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera
Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan
Jess Liaudin vs. Paul Taylor
Luis Arthur Cain vs. Jason Lambert
Neil Wain vs. Antoni Hardonk

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Nate Marquardt and Thales Leites have again been booked to fight, this time at UFC 85 according to a report by GracieMag.
The two were originally scheduled to fight in October 2006 but visa issues prevented the bout from taking place. They were again scheduled to square off at UFC 81 earlier this year but an [...]

Twelve randomly-selected UFC 81 fighters have passed their mandatory drug tests according to MMA Junkie. The fighters were tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for performance enhancing substances and drugs of abuse.
Tested Fighters

Frank Mir
Brock Lesnar
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Tim Sylvia
Ricardo Almeida
Tim Boetsch
Marvin Eastman
Rob Emerson
Tyson Griffin
Jeremy Horn
Chris Lytle
Nate Marquardt

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia
Nogueira — $200,000 ($100,000 to show; $100,000 to win)
Sylvia — $100,000
Frank Mir def. Brock Lesnar
Mir — $80,000 ($40,000 to show; $40,000 to win)
Lesnar — $250,000
Nate Marquardt def. Jeremy Horn
Marquardt — $52,000 ($26,000 to show; $26,000 to win)
Horn — $25,000
Ricardo Almeida def. Rob Yundt
Almeida — $40,000 ($20,000 to show; $20,000 to [...]

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia via submission – Round 3, 1:28 (Nogueira becomes the Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion)
Frank Mir def. Brock Lesnar via submission – Round 1, 1:30
Nate Marquardt def. Jeremy Horn via submission – Round 2, 1:37
Ricardo Almeida def. Rob Yundt via submission – Round 1, 1:08
Tyson Griffin def. Gleison Tibau via unanimous [...]

UFC 81 “Breaking Point” took place Saturday, February 2nd at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Super Bowl Eve event was headlined by a pair of heavyweight showdowns. In the main event, former UFC champ Tim Sylvia faced former PRIDE title holder Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for the Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship. The [...]

265 lb.: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (237) vs. Tim Sylvia (261)
Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship Bout
265 lb.: Frank Mir (255) vs. Brock Lesnar (265)

185 lb.: Jeremy Horn (185) vs. Nate Marquardt (185)

185 lb.: Rob Yundt (185) vs. Ricardo Almeida (185)

155 lb.: Gleison Tibau (156) vs. Tyson Griffin (155)

170 lb.: Kyle Bradley (170) vs. Chris Lytle (170)

205 lb.: [...]

On Saturday night at UFC 81 a new Heavyweight champion will be crowned and the birth or re-birth of a career will happen for one particular fighter. Brock Lesnar will be looking to start a new career as a mixed martial arts fighter as he makes the crossover from entertainment-style pro wrestling to the fight [...]

Rich Franklin, apparently healed from recent surgery on his MCL, will take on Travis Lutter in Montreal on April 19th at UFC 84 according to The Fight Network. The Franklin-Lutter bout was originally scheduled for UFC 82 in March but was pushed back as a result of Franklin’s injury.
The World Cagefighting Organization will host an [...]

The UFC has announced that Jeremy Horn (79-16-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) will replace an injured Thales Leites and take on Nate Marquardt in a main card middleweight bout at UFC 81: Breaking Point next month.
Horn’s MMA career stretches all the way back to 1996 with over 100 professional fights to his credit. Horn, who holds [...]

The UFC has announced that Thales Leites suffered a broken right hand during a training session yesterday and has been forced to withdraw from his main card fight against Nate Marquardt. According to the announcement the injury will require surgery which will be completed later this week.
A replacement for the bout has yet to be [...]

According to The Fight Network middleweight fighter Nate Marquardt has not signed a new contract with the UFC. Marquardt has one fight let on his current deal and is actively working with the UFC on a new deal according to the report:
“We’re working on [a new contract],” Marquardt said. “Hopefully, it will happen soon.”
Still considered [...]

Mark Bocek will face Doug Evans at UFC 79. Evans confirmed the bout to MMAFrenzy.com earlier today.
The most-recent issue of Men’s Fitness features an extended cover with UFC Champion Matt Serra and challenger Matt Hughes as well as a “UFC Workout”.
Luke Cummo has announced on MySpace that he will be an injury backup for UFC [...]

UFC Middleweight Championship bout: Champion Anderson Silva defeats Nate Marquardt via TKO (strikes) at 4:50 in round 1
Round 1: Low kick by Marquardt to start the round strong. Flying knee by Silva. Marquardt misses the bold attempt and takes Silva to the mat. Silva attempts and arm-triangle but gives up on the attempt. Marquardt [...]