UFC’s Dana White: Alves Will Face the Winner of GSP v Penn
By: Selina "Dead" Wong Posted On: December 10, 2008 at 5:28amFighters.com’s top welterweight contender “Pitbull” Thiago Alves (16-3) is next in line for a shot at the UFC’s 170-pound title currently held by “Rush” Georges St. Pierre (17-2), UFC President Dana White confirmed Tuesday.
Alves will face the winner of the welterweight title showdown 31 January at UFC 94 between St. Pierre and Lightweight Champion “Prodigy” BJ Penn (13-4-1).
White said, “[Alves is] next in line for a title shot. If GSP beats BJ Penn, then [Alves] fights GSP. If BJ Penn wins, then he fights BJ.”
It is a fight that St. Pierre is already expecting, should he retain his belt.
Alves is on a seven-fight win streak, with a second-round TKO victory over seventh-ranked (and former UFC Champion) Matt Hughes (40-7), and most recently a unanimous decision victory over fourth-ranked Josh Koscheck (11-3) at UFC 90 in October.
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Comments
I would personally like to see Alves vs GSP. But either way it goes this is gonna be interesting.
I thought if GSP won he would fight Anderson Sliva?
I agree with you, mistacee, i’ve been waiting for an Alves/GSP fight. Regardless, i’m glad to hear he will be getting a title fight. I wouldn’t mind a rematch with Koscheck considering he agreed to the fight with Alves on two weeks notice…I had also heard the Silva/GSP rumors? I wonder whatever happened with that?
Alves is a beast and I think he will beat GSP!!