(Great fighter, but he’s absolutely terrible at rock-paper-scissors.)
During a Q & A session in Fayetteville, N.C. to hype up tonight’s “Fight for the Troops” card, Dana White revealed that Thiago Alves is going to get the next crack at the welterweight strap after the Georges St. Pierre-B.J. Penn bout at UFC 94, and it doesn’t matter who’s got it around their waist at the time:
"He’s next in line for a title shot. If GSP beats B.J. Penn, then (Alves) fights GSP. If B.J. Penn wins, then he fights B.J. And then he’d have to defend that title for a while before I let him move up and try to fight Anderson."
Sounds like we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. The first thing Alves would have to do before any of this can happen is make weight for a 170-pound title fight. That means no one-pound allowance, so he might as well start weaning himself off the Creamsicles right now (but OMG they’re so good!!!!).
This also means that a potential GSP-Anderson Silva bout is but a very distant dream, as St. Pierre would have to beat Penn, then beat Alves a few months later before we could even talk about that superfight. If Penn wins, it will continue to screw up the lightweight division, as he’ll be expected to fight Alves and poor, patient Kenny Florian – that is, if the UFC allows him to try and defend both titles, which they shouldn’t.
I’m just saying, a lightweight tournament for a vacant 155-pound title sure sounds fun, doesn’t it?
haha so everyone thinking bj would beat gsp is feelin mighty stupid right now lol and gsp vs. silva would be a sick fight, i dunno- silva’s undefeated (except for the one heelhook loss that i’ve seen), and gsp is a great fighter also… does silva have good groung fighting (better than gsp’s?), cuz i would say silva would win with stand up, but gsp would take the ground… its the only time u ever see silva really getting hit)