Alves out of UFC 111 with ‘brain irregularity’
Thiago was scheduled to rumble with Jon Fitch on Saturday at UFC 111 — but a pre-fight CAT Scan revealed…
Thiago was scheduled to rumble with Jon Fitch on Saturday at UFC 111 — but a pre-fight CAT Scan revealed an irregularity — a source close to 26-year-old Pitbull tells TMZ the irregularity involves an artery in the brain.
UFC honcho Dana White tells TMZ he will fly Pitbull to a specialist for further evaluation. White says, “If it’s true, it can be career-ending.”
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There will be no replacement for Alves
Due to medical licensing issues, welterweight contender Thiago Alves has been pulled from his UFC 111 rematch with Jon Fitch this Saturday at Newark’s Prudential Center. There will be no replacement opponent brought in for Fitch, and the lightweight battle between New Jersey’s own Kurt Pellegrino and Fabricio Camoes will now be moved up to the Pay-Per-View portion of the card.
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Kurt Pellegrino vs Fabricio Camoes moved to main card, via twitter:
- For all my twitterbugs I’m now on the Main Card so that means I’m on ppv haha2
- I’m so pumped to be on the main card but let’s all hope that Thiago is ok and that all our thoughts are with him aswell
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From BloodyElbow.com founder Luke Thomas:
As unfortunate as this may be, there is a silver lining: this fight was scheduled to take place in New Jersey where this is a competent, experienced athletic commission. There are plenty of states that do not require a CAT scan to compete professionally. While this could be tragic for Alves’ career and clearly hurts UFC 111, the upside here is that thorough athletic commission standards could be saving the life and well-being of a human being. That’s good news even when it’s bad news.
