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Report: Gilbert Burns Steps In To Face Gunnar Nelson At UFC Copenhagen

The co-main event of UFC Copenhagen has reportedly been saved. It was initially going to be a welterweight contest between Gunnar Nelson and Thiago Alves. However, Alves had to pull out due to injury leaving “Gunni” with no opponent. That’s no longer the case. Burns — who recently made a successful move up to welterweight […]

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The co-main event of UFC Copenhagen has reportedly been saved.

It was initially going to be a welterweight contest between Gunnar Nelson and Thiago Alves. However, Alves had to pull out due to injury leaving “Gunni” with no opponent.

That’s no longer the case. Burns — who recently made a successful move up to welterweight — had called to step in and that seems to be the case now.

According to Combate journalist Raphael Marinho, that fight is set to go ahead:

It will be the second fight in a row that Burns steps in on short notice. He moved up from lightweight to defeat Alexey Kunchenko in his welterweight debut last month. In all, he is on a three-fight winning streak.

Nelson, meanwhile, is looking to get back to winning ways. He last suffered a split decision loss to Leon Edwards earlier this year and has lost two of his last three outings.

UFC Copenhagen takes place September 28 and will be headlined by a middleweight encounter between Jack Hermansson and Jared Cannonier.

What do you think of Nelson vs. Burns?

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Gunnar Nelson vs. Thiago Alves Added To UFC Copenhagen

The first addition to the UFC’s debut event in Copenhagen is official as Gunnar Nelson meets Thiago Alves in a welterweight contest. It was announced by the promotion on Wednesday. Nelson is coming off a split decision loss to Leon Edwards at UFC London and is also 1-2 in his last three fights. He will […]

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The first addition to the UFC’s debut event in Copenhagen is official as Gunnar Nelson meets Thiago Alves in a welterweight contest.

It was announced by the promotion on Wednesday.

Nelson is coming off a split decision loss to Leon Edwards at UFC London and is also 1-2 in his last three fights. He will look to establish a winning streak and climb the ranks further with a win against Alves.

As for Alves, the Brazilian is 1-3 in his last four fights and was most recently outpointed by Laureano Staropoli at UFC 237 last month in Brazil. His only win was a controversial split decision against Max Griffin earlier this year.

UFC Copenhagen takes place September 28 at the Royal Arena. The UFC announced it would travel to Denmark earlier this month with tickets recently going on sale. There is no main event booked as of now, however, UFC middleweight Jack Hermansson has called to headline the event against Kelvin Gastelum.

Expect more fight announcements in the coming weeks.

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Gunnar Nelson vs. Thiago Alves Announced for UFC on ESPN+ 18

The UFC has announced a welterweight bout for UFC on ESPN+ 18 scheduled for September 28, with Gunnar Nelson takes on Thiago Alves. Gunnar Nelson (17-4-1) has lost two of his last three bouts, with the first of the losses coming to Santiago Ponzinibbio…

The UFC has announced a welterweight bout for UFC on ESPN+ 18 scheduled for September 28, with Gunnar Nelson takes on Thiago Alves. Gunnar Nelson (17-4-1) has lost two of his last three bouts, with the first of the losses coming to Santiago Ponzinibbio in 2017 and the second loss coming at the hands of […]

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Laureano Staropoli Bests Thiago Alves At UFC 237

Next up on the UFC 237 pay-per-view (PPV) is a welterweight clash between Thiago Alves and Laureano Staropoli. Round 1: Staropoli opens up with a jumping kick that’s just blocked. Staropoli steps in hard with some big shots and elbows. A spinning kick attempt from Staropoli misses, but Alves shoves him away. Staropoli has a […]

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Next up on the UFC 237 pay-per-view (PPV) is a welterweight clash between Thiago Alves and Laureano Staropoli.

Round 1:

Staropoli opens up with a jumping kick that’s just blocked. Staropoli steps in hard with some big shots and elbows. A spinning kick attempt from Staropoli misses, but Alves shoves him away. Staropoli has a head kick just blocked. A lot of versatile kicks being shown from Staropoli, but none really connecting effectively. Alves is really taking his time.

A hard inside leg kick lands for Alves, and he follows up with a lead overhand. The round comes to an end.

Round 2:

Very uneventful opening few minutes. The crowd is starting to grow restless. Alves finally just lands a body kick. Staropoli catches Alves off balance and presses him against the cage. Alves gets right back up to his feet. Some nice lead shots from Staropoli now.

Alves responds with a nice leg kick, and is starting to turn things up now. However, Staropoli fires back with a combination. Another big leg kick from Alves. Staropoli with a pair of body shots. A nice combination from Alves ends the round.

Round 3:

Staropoli opens the round very aggressive, but Alves takes him down immediately in response. Back to the feet right away and the tempo has slowed down. Alves with another leg kick. Staropoli comes forward with some hard shots, Alves lands a crisp counter left hook, and Staropoli responds with a hard front kick to the body.

A very nice combination from Staropoli, and Alves shoots in on another takedown. Alves working the takedown against the cage, but Staropoli pulls away. A beautiful right hand lands for Staropoli, but Alves responds with a lead uppercut. A nice knee from Alves just lands and he delivers some hard shots as the round ends.

Official Result: Laureano Staropoli def. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

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Thiago Alves Is ‘Having Too Much Fun’ To Think About Retirement

Thiago Alves will face Laureano Staropoli in a welterweight scrap this weekend in the main card of UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Strangely enough, the longtime UFC veteran has yet to compete in Rio de Janeiro throughout his 36-fight career. While the most important thing for Alves on Saturday (May 11, 2019) night […]

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Thiago Alves will face Laureano Staropoli in a welterweight scrap this weekend in the main card of UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Strangely enough, the longtime UFC veteran has yet to compete in Rio de Janeiro throughout his 36-fight career.

While the most important thing for Alves on Saturday (May 11, 2019) night is to put on a show for his fellow Brazilians, he is not underestimating his Argentinian counterpart.

“I know he is not experienced as me,” Alves told Combate. “This will be this biggest fight of his career, he’ll be ready for a war. I have been in his situation, I fought more experienced guys when I was younger, so I know what to expect. I want to get it done quickly. He’s a warrior, he’ll make things difficult, he fights well in both stances. He’s aggressive, young, but I’ll be ready for that. We’ll meet in the center and slug it out, one of us will go down first.”

Alves has been in the UFC for quite some time now. With a litany of injuries and accompanying surgeries, it’s a miracle the “Pitbull” is even fighting, let alone not even thinking about retirement.

“I don’t know (when I will retire), but I’m feeling pretty damn well. I’m 35 and still improving. I’m still learning and my body is well, so we’ll see how it goes. My focus right now is to win, then we see what’s next. I’ve been fighting since I’m 22, I know I’ll have to quit at some point. It’s stupid of me.

“Many fighters make that mistake when the time to stop comes and they don’t know what to do. Life goes on. Programming my life for after I’m done is a natural process. Once you hit this age, you must think about this. Many fighters retire and then think about coming back, not me. Once I’m done, I’m done. But I’m focused on a war now. I’m having too much fun to stop. I’m thrilled. But I know what I’m going to do when I retire.”

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UFC Moscow Highlights: Kunchenko Earns Decision Over Alves (Video)

Alexey Kunchenko had a successful Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut. Kunchenko went one-on-one with Thiago Alves in the opening main card bout on the UFC Moscow card. Alves had some success with the leg kicks, but Kunchenko ended up landing mo…

Alexey Kunchenko had a successful Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut. Kunchenko went one-on-one with Thiago Alves in the opening main card bout on the UFC Moscow card. Alves had some success with the leg kicks, but Kunchenko ended up landing more strikes. He sealed the deal in the third round as he was able to […]

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