Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Junior dos Santos off; Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez back on

Another one bites the dust. Gabriel Gonzaga has now joined the UFC heavyweight triage alongside Brock Lesnar, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Shane Carwin, Todd Duffee and Pat Barry. The Brazilian fighter has a staph infection and will not fight Junior dos Santos at UFC 108 as expected.

Meanwhile, it seems Nogueira might be recovered enough from his staph infection for his heavyweight contender bout with Cain Velasquez to be rescheduled for February 6’s UFC 109. The pair were supposed to meet at UFC 108. Also on the UFC 109 card are middleweight champ Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort, assuming Silva’s recovered from elbow surgery in time, and Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman.