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UFC Fight Night 85: Hunt vs. Mir is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on March 20, 2016 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia.
Official fight card
Fight Card
Heavyweight Mark Hunt vs. Frank Mir
Welterweight Neil Magny vs. Hector Lombard
Lightweight Jake Matthews vs. Johnny Case
Middleweight Dan Kelly vs. Antônio Carlos Júnior
Light Heavyweight James Te-Huna vs. Steve Bossé
Women's Strawweight Bec Rawlings vs. Seohee Ham
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Brendan O'Reilly vs. Alan Jouban
Featherweight Dan Hooker vs. Mark Eddiva
Women's Bantamweight Leslie Smith vs. Rin Nakai
Welterweight Richard Walsh vs. Viscardi Andrade
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Ross Pearson vs. Chad Laprise
Lightweight Alan Patrick vs. Damien Brown
Background
The event will be the second that the promotion will host in Brisbane, the first being UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Bigfoot in December of 2013.
A heavyweight bout between former interim title contender Mark Hunt and former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir is expected to headline the event.
A women's strawweight bout between Bec Rawlings and Seohee Ham was originally booked for UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt. However, the bout was cancelled due to Ham being injured. The fight was later rescheduled for this event.
Justin Scoggins was expected to face Ben Nguyen at the event. However, Scoggins pulled out of the fight in the week leading up to the event citing injury. As a result, Nguyen was pulled from the card entirely.
Abel Trujillo was expected to face Ross Pearson at the event. However, Trujillo was removed from the card on March 12 due to alleged visa issues which restricted his entry to Australia. As a result, Pearson will now face Chad Laprise. Subsequently, Laprise's initial opponent Alan Patrick is expected to remain on the card against promotional newcomer Damien Brown.
Mar 11 - Updated fight card
Mar 19 - Updated fight card & background
