In an attack that decided the welterweight contender Jon Fitch, number one beat Thiago Alves, 30-27 on cards all three judges.
The first round was dominated by Takedown of Fitch and action-packed. Although Alves was able to stuff a reverse position and takedown, Fitch, a fighter for Purdue University, controlled Alves for most of turn.
Between rounds, Fitch said his coaches who Alves felt weak in the clinch. This was not surprising given the difficulty of Alves in cutting weight.
Fitch has continued to use her abilities of wrestling to dominate Alves as combating moved to the second round. Took early Alves to the ground, and Alves had a hard time fighting for Fitch.Alves took a short burst of offense at end of turn, but it wasn't enough.
Alves started out the third and final round with best stand-up, sprawling out a landing takedownand Fitch strikes.But by the mark in half of the round, Fitch had Alves back onto the canvas and had a body triangle sunk. Fitch continued to pummel Alves until the last minute, when Alves on and had another flurry of offense.
Some offense was not sufficient. in his first fight in 13 months, Alves looked weak during the attack. If was cutting weight or lay out between attacks, Alves didn't look like the hard-PUNCHING MACHINE that MMA fans are accustomed to seeing.
With this victory, Fitch presumably has earned a shot at title welterweight. teammate at the American Academy of Kickboxing, Josh Koscheck, will have the first crack at the champion Georges St. Pierre and the belt in December.
