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Props: ProFightingFans.com Quoteworthy: “I’ve made huge improvements in my last year of training. I think I’m at the point where I can technically matchup with [Georges St. Pierre] and I think I can beat him. I think right now I’m a better fighter than him. I’m just waiting for the opportunity to prove it. [Thiago Alves] is [...] If Thiago Alves knocks out Jon Fitch, thank his mom. Alves, who attempts to avenge a 2006 loss to Fitch next month at UFC 111, had a good chat with mom in Fortaleza, Brazil, after welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre beat him this past July at UFC 100 and internal strife at American Top Team pulled him [...] “Being the underdog in this fight is exactly the position I want. I wouldn’t have it any other way. When you step into a fight as a favourite, it takes some of the excitement and drama away from it all. It almost takes my interest out of the fight. If I’m looking at moving forward [...] A welterweight bout and long-awaited rematch between Jon Fitch (21-3 MMA, 11-1 UFC) and Thiago Alves (16-6 MMA, 9-3 UFC) officially has been added to next month’s UFC 111 event and completes the March 27 fight card. MMAjunkie.com first reported the UFC 111 bout, which was initially expected to take place at UFC 107, back in [...] Jon Fitch discusses his upcoming fight with Thiago Alves at UFC 111. Fitch won their first meeting at UFC Fight Night 5 back in June 2006. What once was lost now is found. UFC welterweight stalwart Jon Fitch (21-3) is currently in discussions to rematch Thiago Alves (16-6) at UFC 111 from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on March 27, setting up a fantastic 170-pound showdown that will prove once and for all how far both former number one contenders have [...] While a knee injury forced grappling ace Ricardo Almeida (11-3 MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the promotion that Almeida is being targeted for a March 27 return to And while [...]
Props:Las Vegas Review Journal Quoteworthy: “I get doubted all the time. Regardless of what I do or who I beat, people always underestimate me. They’ve never given me the respect I deserve. Fighting GSP, if I can give him a good beating, people might start to change their mind.Josh Koscheck’s at the back of a long line [...] Props: Long Island Examiner Quoteworthy: “I tore my PCL, I had a knee injury before my fight with GSP in which I tore my MCL and now 6 weeks before my fight with Fitch I tore my PCL. My doctor advised me not to fight and although I still wanted to fight my manager told me not [...] After UFC welterweight Jon Fitch’s original opponent, Ricardo Almeida, But Fitch again finds himself without an opponent, as AOL FanHouse is reporting that Alves has now been forced to withdraw as well. AOL FanHouse’s [...] |
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