Roy Nelson will now face Gabriel Gonzaga

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The reshuffling of UFC 146 continues with another new match-up now set with former Ultimate Fighter winner Roy Nelson now facing Gabriel Gonzaga on the May 26 card.

UFC President Dana White first released the news via Twitter on Monday.

MMAWeekly.com sources had indicated on Sunday that potential fight between Nelson and Gonzaga could be in the works, but only one side had verified interest in the bout. Now it appears both fight camps are on board with the bout taking place at UFC 146.

Originally, Nelson was on the card with a fight against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva while Gonzaga was taking on former Strikeforce prospect Shane Del Rosario.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/roy-nelson-now-draws-gabriel-gonzaga-for-ufc-146

OK, all together now on

1.......2.......3!!



"So who will Shane Del Rosario fight now?"

Nelson Gonzaga, Ill watch that one ... could be good. Gonzaga wins by choke on a bloodied Nelson.

ahhh... far too much shuffling going on here....

Now this is a fight that I like! Stacked card!!!!

I'll take it. I prefer the original line-up, but what're ya gonna do? There's much worse options out there, and so far no fights have been dropped from the card, so I'm happy with the moves that have been made.

Stipe Miocic will go up against Del Rosario according to MMAJunkie. This card is actually looking pretty good despite all of the changes...although not having Overeem in the Main Event takes some of the shine off of it.

Still a pretty good card!

So is Nelson booted after he loses this fight?

samger2 wrote:

So is Nelson booted after he loses this fight?

I wouldnt think so, granted he is 3 and 3 in the ufc but his 3 losses are to the former and number one contender for the heavy weight champinship and another is the current heavy weight champ. Plus so far carwin and nelson are the only 2 guys that have actually gone the distance with JDS. Nelson is entertaining to watch and i would like to see what he can do at LHW. I know he is planning to make the cut.

But to be honest I give nelson the edge in this fight. My guess 2nd round knock out for Nelson.

Nelson FTW