Nate Lawson of HeavyMMA.com details the issues Thiago Alves has had with his weight class.
Thiago Alves has had a rough go as of late.
His fight with Jon Fitch had been pushed back several times due to injury and a career-threatening diagnosis earlier this year.
And when he finally had the opportunity to fight Fitch this past weekend at UFC 117, the oversized welterweight failed to make weight and elected to take the 20% cash penalty off of his guaranteed money to avoid cutting the final half-pound necessary to avoid consequences.
Alves was adamant leading up to the fight about how he would have no problem making weight. Members of his team were stating that he would be fine and Alves himself posted a picture on Twitter with a comment suggesting that the weight cut was not going to be a problem.
However, it was still hardly a shocker when Alves hit the scales overweight, electing to take the fine as opposed to attempt and lose the measly half-pound.
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