(Either of of these guys could potentially win the opportunity Saturday night to have GSP rearrange their faces again in the New Year.)
Apparently Dana White Sides with me on my opinion that Jake Shields should have to win at least two fights in the UF…
(Either of of these guys could potentially win the opportunity Saturday night to have GSP rearrange their faces again in the New Year.)
The UFC president announced today during the pre-fight press conference for UFC 117 that the winner of Saturday night’s welterweight showdown between Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves will garner a title shot early next year.
(Maybe Thiago should concentrate more on cutting weight, not on updating his Match.com profile)
When Thiago Alves missed a scheduled appearance at yesterday afternoon’s open UFC 117 workout, it didn’t take long for reports to surface that the America…
(Maybe Thiago should concentrate more on cutting weight, not on updating his Match.com profile)
When Thiago Alves missed a scheduled appearance at yesterday afternoon’s open UFC 117 workout, it didn’t take long for reports to surface that the American Top Team fighter, who has been plagued with weight cutting issues in the past, was having problems shedding water and that he chose to forgo the media event to focus on making weight for Friday’s weigh-in.
Alves tweeted yesterday that he just had 15 pounds to go before he makes the 170-pound limit, which is at the higher end of the poundage most fighters start cutting at the beginning of the process over a week out from their bouts.
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosCONCORD, Calif. — MMA Fighting caught up with welterweight Jon Fitch at Wednesday’s UFC 117 open workouts at the UFC Gym just outside of Oakland, Calif.
CONCORD, Calif. — MMA Fighting caught up with welterweight Jon Fitch at Wednesday’s UFC 117 open workouts at the UFC Gym just outside of Oakland, Calif.
According to UFC officials, Fitch’s opponent, Thiago Alves, did not attend the workout because he was focusing on his weight cut, and Fitch discussed the possibility of Alves not making weight, as well where a win over Alves places him in the UFC’s 170-pound division.
Filed under: UFCJon Fitch and Thiago Alves are universally recognized as the second-best and third-best welterweights in mixed martial arts, so when they meet in the Octagon Saturday night at UFC 117, it will be a truly special fight. From a pure sport…
Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves are universally recognized as the second-best and third-best welterweights in mixed martial arts, so when they meet in the Octagon Saturday night at UFC 117, it will be a truly special fight. From a pure sporting standpoint, in terms of the quality of the competition, Fitch-Alves is a better fight than a lot of pay-per-view main events, and one of the 10 best fights in MMA so far this year.
And yet Fitch vs. Alves has been somewhat lost in the shuffle in the run-up to UFC 117. Chael Sonnen’s relentless trash talk toward Anderson Silva has swallowed up most of the pre-UFC 117 fight, and I’m even hearing from more fans who care about Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida and Roy Nelson vs. Junior dos Santos than I am for fans who are fired up about seeing Fitch fight Alves.
So why is a fight between two of the top three fighters in their weight class in the world not getting more attention?
(Hopefully this poster isn’t hinting that there’ll be an obligatory shower scene in the movie like we got blindsided with in ‘The Death and Life of Bobby Z’)
If you’re a fan of MMA documentaries, the upcoming one about Jon Fitch, "Such Gre…
(Hopefully this poster isn’t hinting that there’ll be an obligatory shower scene in the movie like we got blindsided with in ‘The Death and Life of Bobby Z’)
If you’re a fan of MMA documentaries, the upcoming one about Jon Fitch, "Such Great Heights" which is slated for release later this year, looks pretty damn good, regardless if you’re a fan of his or not.
(Jon Fitch: Giving fans their money’s worth, in every way possible.)
He may not have reached Antonio McKee levels* yet, but Jon Fitch has certainly attracted an unwanted reputation for taking fights to the scorecards. When he faces Thiago Alves at UF…
(Jon Fitch: Giving fans their money’s worth, in every way possible.)
He may not have reached Antonio McKee levels* yet, but Jon Fitch has certainly attracted an unwanted reputation for taking fights to the scorecards. When he faces Thiago Alves at UFC 117, he has the opportunity to break the record for most decision fights in the Octagon by an active UFC fighter; currently, he’s tied for first place with two other fighters. (Karo Parisyan would also be tied for first, had he not been cut in November.) Check out the list below to see who’s currently leading the UFC in fights that go the distance. As with our performance bonus leaderboard, we’ll update this thing whenever possible; if we’ve missed any names that should be on the list, please let us know in the comments section…
Fighters With 9 Decisions in the UFC Jon Fitch: 8-1 in those fights; last seven fights have gone to decision Tito Ortiz: 5-3-1; last three fights have gone to decision Chris Lytle: 2-7
Fighters With 8 Decisions in the UFC Diego Sanchez: 5-3 Tyson Griffin: 5-3 Sam Stout: 4-4, last seven UFC fights have gone to decision Matt Serra: 4-4
CONCORD, Calif. — MMA Fighting caught up with welterweight 
