Nguyen vs. Scoggins scrapped, Laprise now meets Pearson in UFC Fight Night 85 shuffle

Next week’s UFC Fight Night 85 has undergone a bit of a facelift, as a handful of changes were announced late Friday night by promotion officials.

First, injury has forced flyweight Justin Scoggins to withdraw from the contest, and a planned fight with Ben Nguyen has been scrapped.

Additionally, lightweight Abel Trujillo encountered issues securing a visa and has been pulled from a planned matchup with Ross Pearson. UFC officials have since elected to match Pearson with Canadian Chad Laprise, instead, leaving Laprise’s opponent, Alan Patrick, without a fight for the time being.

UFC officials are currently looking to fill that void.

With the changes to the card, UFC Fight Night 85 now includes:

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1)

• Mark Hunt vs. Frank Mir
• Hector Lombard vs. Neil Magny
• Johnny Case vs. Jake Matthews
• Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Daniel Kelly
• Steve Bosse vs. James Te Huna
• Seo Hee Ham vs. Bec Rawlings

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1)

• Alan Jouban vs. Brendan O’Reilly
• Viscardi Andrade vs. Richard Walsh
• Alan Patrick vs. opponent TBA

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass)

• Chad Laprise vs. Ross Pearson
• Mark Eddiva vs. Daniel Hooker
• Rin Nakai vs. Leslie Smith

For more on UFC Fight Night 85, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.