From MMA Junkie
While the long-awaited rematch was expected to be a feature bout last month at UFC 111, Alves was forced off the card due to a failed CT scan and subsequent brain surgery.
UFC 115 takes place June 12 at GM Place, and Alves vs. Fitch II is all but guaranteed to be part of the pay-per-view main card.
As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported last week, Alves underwent surgery on March 31 to correct an on the left side of his brain. The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board first caught the problem during the fighter’s medicals for UFC 111 and pulled him from the card two days before the March 27 event.
Now that the Brazilians brain scare is behind us we can finally be treated to one of the higher level fights in the 170lb division. Taking into account Thiago’s repeated injury’s and almost year long lay off the odds are not in his favor. But if anyone is going to stop the grind machine that is Jon Fitch it will be either Pitbull Alves or GSP.
With Fitch refusing to fight fellow top welterweight and teammate Josh Koscheck, it limits how many fights he has left before people starts calling shenanigans. And now with the fight back on the books there will be a definitive #2 vs #3 fight for who gets a second shot at the title.
