MMA Odds

UFC 118
B.J. Penn		-350	-325	N/A	-317	-325
Frankie Edgar		+250	+250	N/A	+257	+250
Randy Couture		-700	-600	N/A	-665	-600
James Toney		+400	+450	N/A	+465	+400
Kenny Florian		-145	-145	N/A	-140	-145
Gray Maynard		+115	+115	N/A	+110	+145

Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves Official for UFC 111

There was a time when news confirming that two of the UFC’s best welterweights were going to throw down, would drop the productivity of hardcore MMA fans working that day to less than our interest in seeing “Valentine’s Day” starring Ashton Kutcher. But now in this new era of totally awesome MMA saturation (and no we’re not being sarcastic), today’s confirmation by the UFC that Jon Fitch will toss leather with Thiago Alves for a second time at UFC 111, might actually get lost in the mix. After all, the March 27^th card is already set to feature a welterweight title fight between GSP vs. Dan Hardy, as well as Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin for the interim heavyweight strap.

All this aside, we’re pretty damn excited about seeing this bout, as should you be. Fitch continues to be arguably the UFC’s best welterweight who isn’t named St. Pierre; aside from his August, 2008 decision loss to the champ, the guy has gone 11-1 in the Octagon. If anyone is in position to diss Hardy’s title shot, Mr. Fitch certainly could be the frontrunner.

Alves has always talked publicly about his desire to rematch Fitch; the “Pitbull” lost by TKO to Fitch in June, 2006, but since then the ATT fighter has blown out notables like Matt Hughes and Karo Parisyan, in addition to earning a UD win over Fitch’s buddy and teammate Josh Koscheck. Thiago’s yet another welterweight beast who couldn’t get past GSP…

And in case you’re wondering, yes, the bout is scheduled to be on the televised portion of the card. Some things are just meant to be…

Tags: GSP | Jon Fitch | Thiago Alves | UFC 111

Posted on February 5, 2010
Filed Under Georges St. Pierre, Jon Fitch, MMA, MMA News, UFC, UFC 111 | Comments Off

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