UFC.com recently confirmed that Chuck Liddell injured his right hamstring and was forced to pull out of UFC 85 scheduled for June 7 at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

Chuck tore his hamstring while training for his upcoming fight with undefeated Rashad Evans. This will be the second time a replacement is necessary for the main event.

Liddell was originally slated to fight Mauricio Rua who himself had to withdraw due to injury. Regardless of the injury, Chuck still wanted to fight on June 7. According to the article, Dana White would not let him.

"Unfortunately, Chuck Liddell tore his right hamstring during training last week, and being the warrior that he is, he still wanted to fight, which is the reason why everyone in the world loves him," said Dana White, UFC President. "But I wouldn’t let anyone fight with his leg looking that way. Let him heal and come back and fight when he is 100 percent."

Apparently fans don’t have to worry. A new main event along with a full lineup of 13 fights will be announced shortly for UFC 85. With 13 bouts on the card, this will be the biggest UFC event in over 10 years.

Also a new bout was announced for the London event. British heavyweight, Neil Wain, will make his UFC debut against kickboxer and UFC vet, Antoni Hardonk. Neil Wain is currently undefeated with a record of 4-0. While the combined record of his four opponents is 3-13, he has finished all of them via knockout in the very first round. Hardonk recently defeated Colin Robinson at UFC 80 via TKO in only 17 seconds of the first round.

Stand by for the full UFC 85 fight card and more striking MMA news!

Breaking news has been reported regarding UFC 85 "Liddell vs Evans". MMARated just reported that Chuck Liddell injured himself and will not be fighting at UFC 85 in London against "The Ultimate Fighter 2" winner, Rashad Evans.

The bout will most likely be rescheduled for later in the summer depending on the seriousness of Chuck’s injury. This means that Evans will most likely be pulled from the card as well leaving a vacant spot for the main event of UFC 85.

The event will most likely not be rescheduled considering over 10,000 tickets have already been sold according to the Wrestling Observer. The UFC has yet to make an official statement regarding the issue.

The "Iceman" Chuck Liddell was originally slated to fight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in the main event of UFC 85. Rua was replaced by Rashad Evans after rupturing the ACL in his left knee, the same knee he had surgery on following his fight with Forrest Griffin at UFC 76. Rashad was originally scheduled to meet Thiago Silva inside the cage at UFC 85 until he was picked as Rua’s replacement.

This leaves the original co-main event between Brandon Vera and Fabricio Werdum as the highest profile match of the night. The other main card televised bouts include Thales Leites vs Nate Marquardt, Martin Kampmann vs Jorge Rivera and Marcus Davis vs Mike Swick.

Update: According to Sherdog, who confirmed the injury, Liddell has a badly torn hamstring. Multiple sources also tell Sherdog that James Irvin could possibly replace Liddell to fight Rashad Evans at UFC 85.

Stand by for further developments regarding Chuck’s injury and replacements for UFC 85’s main event.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun Newspaper, former UFC light heavyweight champion, Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell claims that he is one who can beat Fedor Emelianenko.

While many online mma news syndicates, forums and organizations claim that Fedor Emelianenko is pound for pound the #1 fighter in the world, Chuck Liddell disagrees. Not only does he disagree, but states that he could take the Russian in a fight.

“Fedor’s someone I want to fight because he’s someone I match up well with. He’s a ground and pound guy that doesn’t have a great shot. He doesn’t have a great game plan. I think I could take him. I think I match up well with him."

While Chuck has only won 1 of his last 3 fights, it is obvious that he has lost absolutely none of that confidence that makes him such a dominant fighter at 205lbs (205lbs being the key phrase here). While he would surely be one to look out for if he moved up in weight, tackling "The Russian Experiment" is a tall order for any heavyweight fighter much less a light heavyweight fighter. That being said Chuck doesn’t seem to worried about the proposition.

“A move to heavyweight is a possibility for me. If I’m done with everything at light heavyweight I might move up. The top guys up there aren’t all that big heavyweights. Randy was but I knocked him out twice.”

In a way I would have to agree with Chuck about matching up well with the Russian. A counter puncher with big KO power and excellent takedown defense seems like it could be the recipe for a possible Fedorian defeat. Of course a little luck would have to be on the side of Chuck as well. Ok maybe a lot of luck. Chuck would have to be dead on with his punches and weather more storms than a Doppler Radar System. Another thing is, Fedor is so good at coming up with strategies for fights. It is hard to imagine him not having the perfect plan to defeat Chuck.

We must also keep in mind that Liddell just beat one of the scariest human beings on earth, Wanderlei Silva. Chuck was an underdog in my eyes and he pulled it off which was completely amazing to me. While Silva did take a loss, he also earned the respect of American fans as well as the respect of his opponent.

“He was able to take some big shots which surprised me. I always thought he had that flash chin when he gets hurt but he recovers so quickly. I knew he recovered quickly but not that quickly! I hurt him quite a few times and I followed up and hit him with more and he still wouldn’t go down!"

Liddell also stated in the interview that a rematch with Silva could happen later on this year or next year if he can steal the belt back from Jackson. The proposition could turn out to be a daunting task though considering Chuck has suffered two losses at the hands of "Rampage" during his career. We can only pray that Liddell vs Silva 2 becomes a reality later on down the road.

What do you guys think about Chuck vs Fedor?