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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
It just won't end. Gabriel Gonzaga has staph infection according to a report from Steve Cofield at Yahoo! Sports citing UFC President Dana White, making his bout with Junior Dos Santos at UFC 108 the latest casualty in a string of injuries and illness for the UFC.
The two were set to be the co-main event at the January 2nd event, which has already been depleted by multiple injuries and features the original co-main event as it's headliner in Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva.
This is the third major heavyweight bout to be canceled or postponed this month, following Brock Lesnar's much publicized battle with illness and Antonio Nogueira's second bout with staph infection himself in the last year knocking out their respective scheduled bouts.
Penick's Analysis: This just sucks. UFC 108 went from having one of the best on-paper cards in UFC history to the top three bouts being Evans vs. Thiago, Tyson Griffin vs. Jim Miller and Carlos Condit vs. Paul Daley. Now those are three solid fights, but not for the top end of a pay-per-view event. The heavyweight division is just getting ravaged from top to bottom, at least for the short term, so it looks like it won't just be the Championship that is held up.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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