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Read More »The fight card for “UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy” is now officially complete for March 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. UFC 111 is headlined by welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre vs. challenger Dan Hardy, while heavyweight contenders Frank Mir and Shane Carwin will vie for the interim heavyweight title in the card’s co-main event.
Read More »Thiago Alves will look to avenge a 2006 loss to Jon Fitch when he rematches the fellow welterweight contender next month at UFC 111 (March 27 – Newark, New Jersey). In an interview with MMAFighting, Alves said he’s training hard and hopes to knock Fitch out to secure a rematch with current welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre. Check out the full interview after the jump…
Read More »The fight card for “UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy” is now complete after a previously reported rematch between Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves was officially confirmed for event’s pay-per-view main card over the weekend.
UFC 111 takes place on March 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and is headlined by welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre vs. Dan Hardy. The card also features Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir for the interim heavyweight title, Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders, and Mark Bocek vs. Jim Miller.
Read More »Rising welterweight Paul Daley’s next bout is likely to come against top 170-pound contenders Jon Fitch or Josh Koscheck, but the British slugger also has his sights set on a matchup with recent welterweight challenger Thiago Alves.
With Fitch scheduled to rematch Alves in March, a matchup with Koscheck is most-likely on tap for Daley once Koscheck heals from an undisclosed injury that recently forced him to withdraw from a February rematch with Paulo Thiago.
Read More »A rematch between welterweight contenders Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves, previously slated for UFC 107 before an injury to Alves postponed the bout, is now scheduled for UFC 111 on March 27 in New Jersey, Alves’ manager Malki Kawa announced on Wednesday.
In their first meeting at UFC Fight Night 5 in mid-2006, Fitch earned a second-round TKO of Alves.
Read More »Recent welterweight challenger Thiago Alves is likely to return to action at UFC 111 on March 27 in Newark, New Jersey and could fight Ricardo Almeida at the pay-per-view event.
UFC 111 is co-headlined by a welterweight championship bout between title-holder Georges St-Pierre and challenger Dan Hardy as well as an interim heavyweight championship matchup between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin.
Read More »A knee injury has forced Thiago Alves to withdraw from his rematch with fellow welterweight contender Jon Fitch at UFC 107 on December 12, according to Fanhouse. Reports indicate Alves should be able to return early next year and the rematch is likely to be postponed to UFC 108 in January or UFC 109 in February.
Read More »After an injury forced Ricardo Almeida to withdraw from their scheduled UFC 106 fight, Jon Fitch is now expected to rematch Thiago Alves at UFC 107 on December 19 in Memphis, Tennessee, according to MMAjunkie, which reports that the welterweight matchup is in the works, while Alves’ original UFC 107 opponent, Paulo Thiago, will be booked for another bout.
In their first meeting at UFC Fight Night 5 in mid-2006, Fitch earned a second-round technical knockout of Alves.
Read More »On Tuesday, the UFC officially announced a pair of December cards, as the promotion heads to Las Vegas on December 5 for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale before holding UFC 107 on December 12 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Previously-reported fights between Matt Hamill and Jon Jones as well as Frankie Edgar and Kurt Pellegrino were confirmed for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, while BJ Penn vs. Diego Sanchez, Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo, and Thiago Alves vs. Paulo Thiago were announced for UFC 107.
Read More »Welterweights Thiago Alves and Paulo Thiago are likely to square off at UFC 107 on December 12 in Memphis, Tennessee, according to MMAjunkie.
Both Alves (16-5) and Thiago (11-1) suffered unanimous decision losses in their most-recent bouts last month at UFC 100, with Alves dropping a decision to welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre, while Thiago was topped by Jon Fitch.
Read More »13 fighters from the 11-bout UFC 100 card, which took place last Saturday and the Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas, were tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for steroids and drugs of abuse and all of the tests were negative according to NSAC executive director Keith Kizer, who confirmed the results to MMAFrenzy.com on Friday.
The UFC 100 fighters which were tested were Frank Mir, Brock Lesnar, Georges St-Pierre, Thiago Alves, Shannon Gugerty, Jon Fitch, Dan Henderson, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Mark Coleman, Tom Lawlor, Jon Jones, Dong Hyun Kim, and Dan Miller.
Read More »Frank Mir, Georges St-Pierre, Thiago Alves, and Michael Bisping were among the 13 fighters issued medical suspensions by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Monday following their bouts on Saturday at UFC 100.
Mir, who suffered a second-round knockout to Brock Lesnar in the UFC 100 main event, must sit out until September 10 following the loss, while St-Pierre, who defeated Alves by unanimous decision in the co-headliner, could be suspended until January 8 due to a groin injury sustained in the victory.
Read More »UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and welterweight title-holder Georges St-Pierre were the top earners at Saturday’s UFC 100 event, each taking home $400,000 for their co-main event victories.
Dan Henderson ($250,000), Michael Bisping ($150,000), and Mark Coleman ($100,000) were also among the top salaries for the historic card, which drew widespread mainstream media coverage and could surpass 1.5 million PPV buys.
Read More »Heavyweight title-holder Brock Lesnar became the UFC’s undisputed heavyweight champion on Saturday in the main event of UFC 100 by avenging the only loss of his MMA career with a second-round knockout of interim champ Frank Mir to cap off the historic pay-per-view event, which took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre retained his title with a unanimous decision over Thiago Alves and Dan Henderson scored a second-round knockout of Michael Bisping in UFC 100’s other top bouts.
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