If there’s one thing we’ve learned, while rattling on and on with each post, is that many of us here at MMA Fix have a remarkable ability to be wrong (no effin kidding right?). Case in point, last week when Thiago Alves announced the good news that he had undergone successful surgery and was looking at UFC 114 to make his return, we figured that the rematch with Jon Fitch (which had been cancelled at UFC 111 due to Thiago’s condition) “probably won’t happen” this soon. Thankfully we were wrong.
Last night UFC President Dana White posted this doozy of a ‘tweet’ on his official Twitter page:
ALVES vs FITCH in vancouver!!!!
Awesome. Totally awesome; to use the immortal words of Jeff Spicoli. We were damn disappointed when the Alves / Fitch rematch didn’t go down on Mar. 27th, but, thankfully we won’t have to wait too long to see it June 12th. Fitch appeared to emerge from his dominant UD win over Ben Saunders unscathed (what else is new?) and clearly, news of the bout with Alves only confirms it. Really, this fight makes the most sense, Alves has asked to rematch Fitch consistently over the years, while Fitch with a 12-1 Octagon record, is quickly running out of notable dudes to fight. Plus, this way White and AKA nicely side step the whole ‘I don’t care that you’re bestest buddies, punch him in the face’ drama for a few months.