White bruise, Alves has some begging to do to stay to welterweight

Sounds like Thiago Alves can eat and drink everything he wants now. It seems that the approach which was anyway for the massive welterweight. Between battles, Alves would blow up in excess of 200 pounds and then most often scrape by the skin of his teeth or lose weight back down to 170.

May be a case of three strikes and you're out for Alves who miss this weekend, back at UFC 85 and tested positive for the use of diuretics after UFC 66. having heard during the press conference of UFC 117 postfight Dana White, he may not have to worry about more hard edged.

"When you're in the UFC, your job is to make the weight, period. End of story. Believe me, I don't think not wanted Thiago don't take weight. He can not, "said White. "He Could have cut that half a pound? Maybe he couldn't have.Maybe he cut so much weight that would have broken him mentally this last half a pound of cut.This is [expletive]. it is not right for him. it is not right to anyone who keep happening. "

Alves reached at White shortly after struggle to apologize.

"He says, ' I'm sorry about that. I'll come back stronger," White said. "I said, ' yeah, 185, will. "Said, ' No, I want to stay at 170. ' "

White sounds like he has already made the decision to Alves.

"He belongs to 185 pounds," said White. "I feel this way .so [UFC matchmaker] Joe Silva feels this way. This is where I'd love to see him. "

After mentioning, white has lost his cool slightly.

"Would love to see him at 185," said White. "Is only [expletive] have [Jon Fitch] come in and train and is [expletive] you guys make weight and boys not gaining weight, especially at this level ".

White said is simply too risky book Alves in large struggles.

"It really screws things up," said White."What if he did beat Fitch tonight to get a title shot, and then do the weight for the title [fight]?I know that he can do [185].I guarantee that you can make 185 and will never have a problem with it. If you can fight to 185, so I don't know what to tell you six too big. "

The White was disappointed by the performance of Alves in loss of Jon Fitch and only managed to find a reason to lackluster effort.

"I don't go to calling him ring rust because when he pulled from this last fight, had a full training camp for [UFC 111]," said White. "Right before the fight, we discovered that he couldn't take. he had to have surgery and then got back on the field. it's not like this guy's been out for a year he looked lethargic tonight. He looked slow. he does not belong to 170. "

The 5-foot-9, Alves can be a bit short for that Division medium, but he would be a nice addition to a short new blood Division.

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Weigh in UFC 117: Does Alves still get a title shot with a victory?

Thiago Alves can never to separate from the texture of weigh in drama. The Brazilian squat is massive for class of 170-pound and is always an adventure in the days preceding the weigh in. This week was no different. Alves was reportedly 190 pounds of Wednesday morning. Today, sounded very sunny and with reports that he was 177 in the morning. But it did not work, even with two attempts at pesa. Alves miss the mark, had to abandon the 20 percent of her purse and the same can cost the title shot promised for the winner of its fight against Jon Fitch.

With the threat of weight is missing Alves, sounded like white had changed his mind during the night that says FanHouse (7: 10 mark) that Fitch, Alves, Jake Shields or Martin Kampmann could be online for title shot after Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck fight. Alves couldn't have donehimself any favors by weight is missing again!

The energy was high, as the main event fighters struck the scale.Yoshiyuki Sonnen was all business, while Anderson Silva had fun on the scale that act as if he was nervous that he was going to lose weight. Silva flipped the script while staredown, refusing to watch Sonnen. the Challenger has played a helluva job hyping the fight, but sounded like he made plenty of enemies among the fans.

Weigh in UFC 117 ( courtesy MMAJunkie ):
Pay-per-view card:
Champ Anderson Silva (184.5) v. Sonnen Hague (185)
Thiago Alves (171.5) v. Jon Fitch (170.5)
Ricardo Almeida (170.5) v. Matt Hughes (170.5)
Junior Dos Santos (240) v. Roy Nelson (263)
Rafael dos Anjos (156) v. Clay Guida (156)

Television not tab:
Dustin Hazelett (169.5) v. Rick Story (169.5)
Phil Davis (205.5) v. Rodney Wallace (206)
Charlie Brenneman (171) v. Johny Hendricks (171)
Tim Boetsch (206) v. Todd Brown (206)
Christian Morecraft (263) v. Stefan Struve (247)
Dennis Hallman (171) v. Ben Saunders (171)

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UFC 117 results: Silva vs. Suns, Fitch vs. Alves, Hughes vs Almeida, more

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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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