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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Thiago Alves Video Blog Leading Up to UFC 100
Thiago Alves' video blog from his arrival in Las Vegas, through his weight cut, and leading up to UFC 100.
(Special guest appearance: John Hackleman)Labels: Georges St. Pierre, Thiago Alves, UFC 100
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 2:41 PM
Friday, July 10, 2009
Urijah Faber's UFC 100 Title Fight Picks... Can You Say GSP?
 Former WEC featherweight champ Urijah Faber's picks for the UFC 100 title fights.
Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (Welterweight): GSP in my opinion is the much more complete fighter and is the more disciplined fighter. As far as just being a fighter and, in general, the type of guy that loves to get down and probably would be fighting once a week on the street anyways if he wasn't fighting, you gotta go with Thiago on that one. You've got a killer instinct on that guy that is really dangerous, but unless he can knock out St. Pierre, I think St. Pierre is gonna take it.
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir (Heavyweight): Lesnar has been improving quite a bit. With the right training partners, he's gonna be very, vary hard to stop. But Frank Mir is crafty and this is the most dedicated he's been in the sport and working the hardest, more than he ever has in this sport. He looked the biggest, the strongest that I've seen him as well. I'm expecting a great fight. It's either gonna be Lesnar by TKO or Mir by tricky submission.Labels: Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Georges St. Pierre, Thiago Alves, UFC 100, Urijah Faber
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 4:14 PM
Friday, June 26, 2009
GSP Doesn't Rule Out Breathing Techniques For Alves
 The breathing techniques employed by GSP cornerman Phil Nurse--and taught by holistic healer Steven Friend--set off a three-month controversy beat to death by conspiracy theorists who believed the welterweight champion was cheating.
In May, the Nevada State Athletic Commission essentially put an end to the saga, taking no formal action against GSP or his cornermen for the incident at UFC 94 known as "Greasegate."
Shortly after the controversy, the UFC amended its rules for cornerman to prohibit the application of Vaseline by anyone other than a UFC-approved cutman.
You'd think GSP might avoid the technique--a rubbing of hands over the chest and back--in future competitions, but the champ didn't rule it out for his fight with Thiago Alves at UFC 100.
"I don't know about this, but maybe," he said. "We'll see. I know in this fight, they're going to check us a lot, and I'm all for this. I never cheat in my life. I'm a proud champion and I want to win fair and square.
"I'm not the only one who has done the breathing technique before. But it's not going to change the result of the fight, with or without it."Labels: Georges St. Pierre, GSP, Thiago Alves, UFC 100
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 2:15 PM
UFC Magazine Photo Shoots: GSP, Alves, Henderson, & Bisping
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 12:53 PM
Friday, February 20, 2009
Marcus Davis On Hardy, Alves
At a Q & A session for this weekend's UFC 95, Marcus Davis spoke to English fans about possibilities for his fighting future.
One strong candidate seemed to be Dan Hardy, who faces Davis' former training partner in Rory Markham tomorrow.
Davis respected Hardy's talent, but in six appearances across the pond, four of his opponents have been Brits.
"This is the thing," Davis explained. "I wanna stop fighting British guys (in England). Now I say bring me Americans. I hear a lot about fighting Dan, I think he is a good fighter, great stand-up and a good record. I think it would be an interesting fight. But I just hope we don't do it here."
Later, Davis hinted that the UFC's German debut in June may be the place for them to do battle.
"Not a definite thing, but hearing that I may be fighting in Germany," said Davis. "I think they are looking at this card for possible opponents, obviously Hardy has been mentioned, but he is fighting a powerhouse friend of mine in Rory Markham, so it's a case of do I pull for Markham as a friend or pull for Hardy for me to fight?"
The UFC's plans for Davis go beyond this summer, as well.
UFC brass, particularly UK head Marshall Zelaznik, have mentioned the possibility of bringing Davis back to Ireland for a headlining fight on St. Patty's day, assuming he stays on the winning track. Davis said he might split his time between the States and his native land.
"I am looking at purchasing a home over here in the Summer, and were talking about opening a Team Sitodyong/Team Irish over here, so we have to see how that goes," said Davis.
In regards to the "tough opponent" he desired for a possible St. Patty's day fight, an early career defeat stuck out.
"Thiago Alves and I have history," said Davis. "I lost a split division on the score card, so we have history. We're different fighters now, that was both our third professional fights, I had no background on the ground, and that is a fight I would love to do."Labels: Dan Hardy, Marcus Davis, Thiago Alves, UFC 95
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:46 PM
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Marquardt Says Penn Got Demolised; Allegations Ridiculous
 The fight between Georges St. Pierre and B.J. Penn only made it to 4 rounds, but the story after the fight keeps on going. After allegations surfaced from the fight and the application of Vaseline to St. Pierre by one of his cornermen, just about everyone has chimed in with their thoughts on "Grease-gate."
One of St. Pierre's main training partners, Nate Marquardt, spoke up recently at the thought that somebody in his camp cheated by purposely putting the Vaseline on the Canadian to give him an advantage in the fight.
"It's so ridiculous (that) it doesn't really make me mad," Marquardt told MMAWeekly Radio recently. "It's so over the top ridiculous that it's almost laughable. That fight was so one-sided and for B.J. to sit down and look at something silly like a grease thing, and the commission caught it anyway so it's like they wiped his back off and it was their decision to say okay he's fine to fight. Obviously it didn't play anything into the fight. It really shows a weakness on B.J.'s part."
Marquardt saw the fight that night and says there is no question that St. Pierre executed the perfect gameplan en route to a 4th round TKO win.
"He demolished him. It made B.J. look like he was on a lower level, like an amateur or something," Marquardt commented. "It was just a one sided fight."
Regardless of the talk surrounding the controversy, it appears that all sides involved are starting to move on as St. Pierre will likely face top contender Thiago Alves this summer, while Penn gets ready to fight Kenny Florian for the lightweight title presumably at some point in 2009.Labels: B.J. Penn, Georges St. Pierre, Kenny Florian, Nate Marquardt, Thiago Alves, UFC 95, Wilson Gouveia
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 8:05 PM
Thiago Alves Winning Streak Leads to Shot at GSP's UFC Title
Thiago Alves sits down with Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten on Inside MMA to talk about the winning streak that has put him into a title fight with UFC welterweigth champion Georges St. Pierre, likely to take place at UFC 100 in July.
Labels: Georges St. Pierre, Inside MMA, Thiago Alves, UFC 100
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 5:40 PM
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Could Alves vs Swick Be On Deck?
 After a very impressive performance dispatching of Jonathan Goulet at the UFC "Fight for the Troops" show on Wednesday night, Mike Swick vaulted one step closer towards a top contender's spot in the welterweight division, but could his next fight involve a shot at Thiago Alves?
The speculation begins with Alves, who defeated Josh Koscheck in October, but as the #1 conteder for the welterweight title he would likely sit out for the better part of 8 or 9 months waiting for the winner of GSP and B.J. Penn to be ready to fight again after their Jan 31 showdown.
UFC president Dana White said during a "Q&A" session on Tuesday that Alves would be facing the winner of GSP/Penn, but a fight between Swick and Alves could be a big fight for early 09'.
Rumors of the fight began to circle almost immediately after Swick finished off Jonathan Goulet, and a fight against Alves was the talk in Fayetteville following the event.
Alves spoke to MMAWeekly Radio after his win over Koscheck, admitting that it's very tough for him to stay out of fights for very long.
"I don't really know because that's something inside of me that I can't stay still for too long," Alves said. "I have to punch somebody, I have to get in a fight."
"I don't mind waiting, I don't mind doing another fight, but my manager and my camp don't want me to fight. They want me to fight for the title, so whatever they want me to do."
Stay tuned to the MMAInsider as more information becomes available on this potential fight.Labels: B.J. Penn, Georges St. Pierre, Jonathan Goulet, Mike Swick, Thiago Alves
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 12:37 AM
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Live From UFC 90 Update
 MMAInsider is live in attendance for all the activities surrounding UFC 90 this weekend in Chicago. Today was the pre-fight press conference and these are a few of the scoops to come out of the event so far.
- UFC 90 currently has sold 10,081 tickets for a live gate at this time of $2.7 million, the largest in Allstate Arena's history.
- Thiago Alves has answered the question many times already, but he once again reassured the crowd in attendance that he would indeed make weight for his fight against Josh Koscheck on Saturday night.
"I'm going to make weight," Alves said simply.
- UFC President Dana White is also virtually guaranteeing Alves makes his weight saying, "If he doesn't, we're going to drag him downstairs and stone him to death."
(On a sidenote - please make weight Thiago)
Stay tuned to the MMAInsider's Blog for more information as it becomes available from UFC 90.Labels: Chicago, Dana White, Thiago Alves, UFC 90, UFC President
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:12 PM
Sunday, October 12, 2008
UFC 90 Silva vs. Cote Promo Video
This is the Ultimate Fighting Championship's official promotional video for UFC 90 in Chicago. The Oct. 25 fight card features a main event between current middleweight king Anderson "The Spider" Silva and Canadian Patrick Cote.
The main card is scheduled to air live on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT:
-Anderson Silva (#1 Middleweight in the world)* vs. Patrick Cote
-Thiago Alves (#3 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Diego Sanchez (#8 Welterweight in the World)*
-Fabricio Werdum (#6 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Junior dos Santos
-Tyson Griffin vs. Sean Sherk
-Thales Leites vs. Goran Reljic
Check out the full UFC 90 fight card in MMAWeekly.com's Rumors section.
*Based on the MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings.Labels: Anderson Silva, Chicago, Diego Sanchez, MMA Top 10, Patrick Cote, Sean Sherk, Thiago Alves, Tyson Griffin, UFC, UFC 90, Video, World MMA Rankings
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 1:00 PM
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