IT Thiago Alves: Weight cut for UFC 117 easiest's ever been

SAN FRANCISCO - at UFC contender Thiago Alves of Wednesday's UFC 117 open workouts on his weight cut focus welterweight missed, knew it, he probably but a minor panic would be set.

"" I had expected,"Alves told MMA fighting on Thursday afternoon.""Once you miss weight, it is the first thing everyone speaks."

The truth was that his weight cut exactly to plan taken after the bulky welterweight who fight with the production of the 170 pound limit in the past. Session from the open workouts was not more as a precaution to ensure there were no surprises on the scales later today.

"[The weight cut] simply been.""It is the easiest time it ever wanted hat.Ich to go only training and Miss because I wanted a day working on it, to ensure that everything is under control and where it should be so I make it easy on me was can I asked the UFC, if I could skip the training and do some real training and lassen.Sie go so many fighters had so it was fine."

Alves showed up to the pre-fight press conference sipping from a small jug water mixed with a touch of juice for vitamin C and he conceded that he did his best, to good spirits not more than a bit despite maintaining starve him before the fruit in his stomach and a long day.

But while it no secret has made, that cut weight his least favorite part of the Division battle, he said this time no more than the learns ordinary aggravation Alves.

"It's [annoying] but it is part of the Auftrags.Sie get used to using ihr.Sie betrachten.Es must only the overall picture a stepping stone is to get where you want to receive."I have no complaints. Of course, I wish I could eat a big meal be home, but this is not the case."You got to do what you have to do."

After the Thursday afternoon said Alves was only eight pounds it away from its target weight for the rematch with Jon Fitch on Saturday night.

Alves persisted despite the fact that since its decision 100 last loss to Georges St. Pierre at UFC July fought has not and that he underwent surgery to correct an arteriovenous malformation in his brain in March would be that his second ring rust a hindrance when he shot at Fitch.

"" I'm not at all worried,"said Alves."I have been struggling since I everything is 15 war.Es what which I Weiß.Es is the only place I really comfortable within the Octagon.Das everything I do is fight is, so I'm not worried at all."

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