Thiago Alves Back For UFC 111…

There were rumors floating around that American Top Team welterweight contender Thiago Alves weighed somewhere around 230 lbs at UFC 107. Now, it’s rumored that he getting back in the cage sooner rather than later. From Watch Kalib Run:

According to MMA Weekly Thiago Alves will fight at UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey against an unnamed opponent.

Thiago Alves hasn’t fought since UFC 100 where he was defeated by Georges St. Pierre. After the loss Thiago was scheduled to fight Paulo Thiago but Alves was tapped to replace an injured Ricardo Almeida who was suppose to fight Jon Fitch. Unfortunately Alves suffered a PCL tear prior to the Fitch fight and was forced to withdraw.

Perhaps the UFC will attempt to reschedule the Fitch-Alves fight. Another option is to have Thiago fight Ricardo Almeida who is also expected to be on the New Jersey fight card.

UFC 111 will be headlined with a welterweight title fight between current champion Georges St. Pierre and Dan Hardy.

Alves is going to be a top five guy for a long time. He’s young and he has got sick striking. What he really needs to work on is his wrestling. He was completely unable to defend St. Pierre, who landed 10 of 12 takedowns against him. Then again, who can stop GSP?

Alves v. Almedia sounds like a card seller to me. Hook it up, Dana.

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