Thiago Alves and Jon Fitch agree to rematch at UFC 111
Thiago Alves apparently has gotten his wish and will get a rematch with Jon Fitch.
Alves (16-6 MMA, 9-3 UFC), who originally was expected to fight Ricardo Almeida at UFC 111, instead has agreed to fight Fitch (21-3 MMA, 11-1 UFC) at the March event.
Sources close to both competitors told MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com) verbal agreements are in place for the welterweight matchup, though bout agreements have not been signed.
UFC 111 takes place March 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and airs on pay-per-view.
UFC 111 card as of now:
Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Dan Hardy (for welterweight title)
Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir (for interim heavyweight title)
Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch
Ricardo Almeida vs. TBA
I wonder if folks think the same of Aoki as they did Lesnar? Broke dudes arm them flipped him off and then ran around the ring and flipped the crowd off.
