Cain Velasquez v. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Moved to UFC 109

Former UFC interim heavyweight champion and mixed martial arts legend, Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira, is expected take on undefeated rising star Cain Velasquez at UFC 109, which is slated for Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 6, 2010.

Nogueira and and Velasquez were supposed to hook ’em up in the UFC 108 main event on Jan. 2, 2010; however; “Big Nog” came down with a serious case of staph infection, which forced him to withdraw from the bout.

He clearly did not want to make the same mistake twice in a high profile and very important bout — Nogueira revealed after his lopsided technical knockout loss to Frank Mir that he had been hospitalized several days prior to fight night with a severe staph infection.

This would seem to eliminate any rumors of Cain stepping in to face Junior dos Santos following Gabriel Gonzaga’s staph infection.