Del Rosario out injured, Dave Herman now meets Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 162

Gabriel Gonzaga saves the day

by Jack Broadey @J3cK_b

An undisclosed injury has forced Shane Del Rosario out of the UFC 162 card and Gabriel Gonzaga will step in to take his place and fight Dave Herman.

The ADCC grappling specialist Gonzaga needs to get back on track. After a resurgence of late he suffered a knockout loss to Travis Browne last time out. The defeat was however controversial as many believe he was stopped due to illegal blows to the back of the head. The fight should perhaps have been ruled as a no contest.

Herman is on a losing skid of his own and really needs to win if he has hopes of sticking around in the UFC. He's on a three fight losing streak after being stopped by Stefan Struve, Roy Nelsen and Antonio Nogueira. He also tested positive for marijuana after his most recent loss at the hands of Nogueira in a battle which he went in to the fight declaring that BJJ wouldn't work on him. This back fired as Big Nog got the win via submission.

UFC 162 adds a potential loser gets cut fight

Dave Herman Vs Shane Del Rosario added to UFC 162

by John Haigh @JohnBjayHaigh

On Thursday the UFC matchmakers added another bout to the July 6th Silva vs Weidman card in Las Vegas.

Dave Herman (21-5 MMA 1-3 UFC) returns to the UFC after recently being cleared to fight following a stint in rehab after testing positive for marijuana metabolites in relation to his last fight. That fight was the fight he lost via armbar to Big Nog in Brazil after claiming Jui-Jitsu does not work and in the process he upset a lot of people for being disrespectful including Big Nog himself who proved that BJJ works after all.

He's also on a three fight losing streak and with the UFC's roster overflowing a forth defeat would almost certainly spell the end for Herman.

Del Rosario is not in a much better position himself. After going undefeated under the Strikeforce banner, he's yet to win in his UFC career.

In his last two fights Del Rosario has been knocked out by both Stipe Miocic and Pat Barry in the Octagon.