“It’ll be a great fight. I’m very excited, I can’t wait … It’s going to be great. I saw what he did with BJ Penn and I’ll have to beat him a lot, do my game. I expected and didn’t expect [St. Pierre to dominate Penn] understood? (laughs). I knew he would win, but not this way. He’s much bigger than the BJ, a better athlete, and the sport today, in that level, you have to be the best athlete. I’ll go there to knock him out.”
Thiago Alves is the #1 contender to face GSP for the Welterweight title and it definitely wont come easy. Thiago Alves began his Muay Thai training when he was 15 and mixed martial arts when he was 17, he currently holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Alves's most recent UFC success has come against Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck, both fighters who are highly respected in the UFC. In UFC 85, Alves failed to make weight for the welterweight fight, coming in with 174 pounds. However, Matt Hughes still agreed to fight and it was a big mistake. Alves had surprised the MMA world by dominating the former champion in every aspect. In the first round Alves showed us that he improved his takedown defense, as Matt Hughes could not take him down. Alves went on to earn a TKO stoppage by hitting Hughes with a flying knee and finishing him with ground and pound.
Josh Koscheck replaced Diego Sanchez in UFC 90 and lost to Alves by unanimous decision by throwing excellent leg kicks and knocking Koschek down multple times.
Dana White has announced that Alves, as the number one contender to face the winner of the welterweight championship fight in UFC 94, which we now know is GSP. Alves was surprised that GSP had dominated Penn in such a fashion and if Alves plans to strip GSP of his belt, he is going to have to improve on every aspect of his game.
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