Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
It’s on at UFC 100.
On July 11 this weekend, UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will defend his title against no.1 contender Thiago Alves at UFC 100, arguably the most anticipated event in the history of MMA.
It is understandable for people to pick Georges St-Pierre as the favorite to win and defend his title. After all, he’s been virtually carrying the welterweight division ever since he decided to have a career inside the Octagon.
Still, Thiago Alves remains confident that he’ll be able to get that title off of GSP’s waist. He even said that he’ll shock the world with, get this, a knockout victory over the biggest MMA star to come out of Canada.
Alves will rival St-Pierre in sheer size, as the two men are probably the two biggest fighters currently fighting in the welterweight division. But St-Pierre believes the Brazilian’s mass will not provide the difference in the contest.
Georges St-Pierre has been the better man in 11 of his past 12 contests, but many MMA observers agree with the champ in assessing Alves as his biggest test to date. St-Pierre admits there’s pressure as a champion in the UFC to keep his belt, but ‘’Rush’’ also finds that kind of pressure to provide extra motivation inside the cage.
With each win that St-Pierre collects, his legend and popularity grow, and the discussions of him as one of the all-time greatest double. And while some say the only real test for the 28-year-old lies in a 185-pound fight with the equally dominant Anderson Silva, St-Pierre believes Alves will provide all the challenge he needs.
‘’I’m always open to challenges, but right now I have the biggest challenge of my career ahead of me,’’ St-Pierre said. ‘’It’s Thiago Alves, so I’m not thinking about anything else. I made that mistake once in a fight before in my career, and it ended up being a loss on me. I learned a lot from that mistake, and I have never wanted to make that same mistake again.’’
‘’All of my focus is on Thiago Alves, and it would be foolish for me to think that it would be an easy fight and that I will go through him easy. It’s going to be very hard, and I’m preparing myself for the worst.’’
Both of these fighters have had their share of controversy over the past twelve months. Georges St-Pierre was a target of fellow fighters, fans and the media after his now controversial victory over BJ Penn, which resulted in what we now know as ‘’grease gate.’’ Alves, on the other hand, had his when he failed to make weight for a June 2008 fight with Matt Hughes. ‘’The Pitbull’’ also found himself in some hot water regarding banned dietetics, but that is a buried issue at this point in time.
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Thiago Alves +260
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