"The Pitbull" is four pounds over. - a podcast by Afton & Shane Slone

Thiago Alves (17-4) couldn’t make weight for the biggest fight of his mixed marital arts career. The big news coming out of today UFC 85 weigh-ins was that the main event will now be contested at the catch weight of 174 pounds due to Alves showing up 4 pounds heavy. His opponent former 2 time UFC welterweight champion, and possibly the greatest welterweight of all time, Matt Hughes (42-6) came in right at the 170 pound mark.

As you know I verbally destroyed Elite XC female mixed martial artist Gina Carano for showing up 4 pounds heavy for her fight with Kaitlin Young. I can only echo that same venom for Thiago Alves. Showing up overweight for a fight is despicable, disrespectful, and downright insulting to the sport of mixed martial arts. I hope Thiago has enjoyed his time in the UFC, because I can very well see him being blacklisted in the same manner as Travis Lutter. Unlike Carano, Alves is just another fighter in the UFC and won’t be giving any special treatment by UFC President Dana White.

Below is a link to the official weigh-in results from the UFC.

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=12637

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