Exclusive: Alves States He Will Stay At Welterweight

Sunday, 08 August 2010 21:04

by Kalin Johnston

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Following his loss to Jon Fitch at UFC 117 many people felt that it was finally time for Thiago Alves to move up to middleweight. One of these people is UFC President Dana White. At the UFC 117 post fight press conference Dana stated that Thiago needs to move up to middleweight when he comes back for his next fight in the UFC. However, I just received a text from Thiago stating that he will in fact be staying at 170. In the following days I'll be reporting more on this story as Dana will probably not be happy with Thiago wanting to stay at welterweight.