Fighter Profile: Thiago Alves

Overall Record: 22-8

UFC Record: 10-5

Height: 5’9’’ Weight: 170 lbs

Born: 10-03-1983

MMA Gym: American Top Team

Thiago “Pit Bull” Alves is a professional mixed martial artist specializing in Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. At the age of 19, he moved from his native Fortaleza, Brazil to Coconut Creek, Florida to join with American Top Team at their main training center.

Alves began his career in the UFC with a loss to Spencer Fisher at UFC Ultimate Fight Night 2. The fight took place on Alves’ twenty-second birthday and resulted in him succumbing to a triangle choke in the closing seconds of the second round. The fight saw Alves have a lot of success on the ground, controlling the top position, and there was optimism going forward.

After getting knocked out by an upkick courtesy of Jon Fitch, Alves bounced back and went on a seven-fight tear that included wins over Chris Lytle, Karo Parisyan, Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck. His seven-fight win streak put him in line to face Georges St-Pierre for the welterweight title at UFC 100, the promotion’s biggest event at that time.

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The title fight was an uneventful one, as Alves was controlled on the ground for much of the fight by the superior wrestling of St-Pierre. He managed to not get knocked out or submitted, which was seen as a small victory, but lost the fight in a unanimous decision.

After his run at the title, Alves was set for a rematch with Jon Fitch to hopefully get back into the title picture but dropped a decision to Fitch.

Currently, Alves is coming off of a decision loss to up-and-comer Rick Story. In his fight with Story, he again was controlled by superior wrestling, and for the first time in his career he appeared to be outclassed in the striking aspect of the fight. Alves will now face UFC newcomer, Papy Abedi at UFC 138 in November in the hopes to get his career back on track.

By Steve Cassidy
Profighting-fans.com Staff Writer

Recent Thiago Alves MMA News:

• Lost to Georges St-Pierre by Unanimous Decision at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009 - UFC 100 results

• Lost to Jon Fitch by Unanimous Decision at UFC 117 on August 7, 2010 - UFC 117 results

• Will face John Howard at UFC 124 on December 11, 2010 - UFC 124 results