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[frogman]

UFC heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga (11-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) has been forced out of a scheduled bout with Junior Dos Santos (9-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at January's UFC 108 event.

The report comes from Yahoo! Sports' Steve Cofield, who stated Gonzaga has a staph infection. MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) could not immediately confirm the report.

The UFC hasn't officially announced the change to the bout, which was part of the event's Jan. 2 pay-per-view main card and set to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

This the latest in a long string of injuries and illnesses that have plagued the UFC over the past few months. The Gonzaga vs. Dos Santos bout was a pivotal one for the UFC's heavyweight division, and the winner could have earned a title shot.

Gonzaga was returning to the cage for the first time since an August win over UFC newcomer Chris Tuchscherer. "Napao" cracked the UFC rookie with a low blow early in the fight, and Tuchscherer never full recovered. Regardless, Gonzaga had climbed back into title contention with a 3-1 record in his past four UFC contests and was looking for a win over one of the UFC's top prospects.

Dos Santos has quickly climbed up the ranks of the UFC's heavyweight division with three-straight stoppage wins in the organization. Just 25 years old, Dos Santos earned TKO wins over Fabricio Werdum and Stefan Struve before forcing Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic to verbally submit to strikes at a UFC 103 main-card contest in September.

UFC officials will likely keep Dos Santos on the card with a replacement fighter.

Report: UFC 108's Gabriel Gonzaga out of Junior Dos Santos fight due to staph | MMAjunkie.com

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JDS vs Cain

[Sakara=Excitement]

Wash your nasty ass! All this staph going around...be clean! I say throw Cain in there, now THAT would be a great fight.

[Pasha K]

Damn I am tired of this. Many fights get cancelled.

[Xtremo]

Cain Velasquez vs Junior 2 Santos....C'mon...not only do I wanna see it, but it makes sense...maybe even make it a interim title match..

[Xtremo]

The UFC heavyweight curse continues!!!! War Cain!!!!

[GL Jeff]

To get a staph infection comes from a cut that gets infected. This can be avoided by cleaning your wounds, and having a good immune system. Ive never gotten one, ive only ever heard of a few so bad they have to take a break from active life, dirty MMA fighters.

[Bubbles]

Shitt


Hope Cain vs Junior happens

[mattc25]

....this shit is crazy!....I'm mean... really wtf?...big nog has had staph now twice and now fuckin Gonzaga?....Like some said earlier this shit can be avoided.

....as far as the UFC their cards are now getting more and more watered down than usual. The fights were great for UFC 106,but the name value was not like their usual events. The whole Rampage thing started this shit,hey sometimes carma will kick you in the ass!..lol. They need to all get together as a company and have some sort of group prayer...something,or I'm gonna start watching the events online.

[willpunisher]

im against cain vs dos santos.
cain is just 230+ pounds matt hughes.
cain will want none of dos santos stand up and will shoot and stay there. i dont want that shit. fuck that.
dos santos vs kongo. mir vs cain.
muuuch muuuch better!

[mattc25]

Originally Posted by willpunisher

im against cain vs dos santos.
cain is just 230+ pounds matt hughes.
cain will want none of dos santos stand up and will shoot and stay there. i dont want that shit. fuck that.
dos santos vs kongo. mir vs cain.
muuuch muuuch better!

....dude Dos Santos weigh's 236,Cain's striking is not great,but not bad. His wrestling is second to none,right up their with Brock and Shane Carwin pound for pound. I would peronally love that fight for the interim heavyweight belt. They are the only two top heavyweight's standing right now,you almost have to. It would be the classic wrestler vs. striker.