Martins Denis, UFC – The construction of the road to a title shot is never easy. It includes making your name, beating fighter after fighter on the way up, and winning key matches until you face the champion. What a glorious road it would be if all contenders with rough paths to the top then defeated the title holder to become the new champion. But that’s not the way it always goes.
Thiago ‘Pitbull’ Alves knows that fact all too well.