Would you cut half a pound for $12,000? Thiago Alves wouldn't
by David St. Martin on Aug 18, 2010 3:09 PM EDT
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I've certainly done more for less. I think I speak for everyone when I say 'Come on, bro.'
MMA Fighting has a featured interview with former No. 1 welterweight contender Thiago Alves, and I can't help but feel confused by some of his responses. For someone who makes their living by fighting, and has had recent layoffs of eight and thirteen months, it seems insane to me that he would so easily forfeit twenty percent of his purse, ($12,000) rather than cut half a pound. He claims that he weighed in at 171 lbs just prior to his official weigh in, but came in heavy on the dreaded digital scale of the California Athletic Commission.
"It was just a half-pound, so I'm sure my body could have flushed it out," he said. "But I didn't want to. I just wanted to concentrate on the fight. It was just easier for me to give up the money. Yes, we fight for money, but you also fight to win, and at the time, I was thinking I didn't want to cut the weight. I was just focused on getting ready to fight. When you're cutting weight and dehydrated, you don't always think right. In the future, that won't happen again. It can't happen again."
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its not always about the benjamins.
some men have principles and some are stubborn. some are both. alves is an enigma?
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. 2 weeks till the first game of college football. UTAH vs Pitt. September 2nd 2010.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Aug 18, 2010 3:41 PM EDT reply actions
alves is a liar
He cant say that he just couldnt cut anymore, or he wouldnt be allowed to go for 170 anymore.
Lies and Propaganda. “naaah I could do that I just didnt want to”
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
by Chris Toffer on Aug 18, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, Utah vs Pitt is a big game?
Ride the Tiger!
by doonerthesooner on Aug 18, 2010 3:44 PM EDT reply actions
you bet and i already have my sig bet with someone at mania.
first big game of the season on september 2nd.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. 2 weeks till the first game of college football. UTAH vs Pitt. September 2nd 2010.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Aug 19, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
not surprised
So fuck him and his dedication to sticking to weight.
"You can't bitch about a card til the card's over" - Daner
Ugh John Fitch
Making a mean face despite the fact he is going to blanket his opponent and put the rest of us to bed
that last fight made you sleepy? WTF are you looking for, Chuck Norris flying sidekicks?
"You can't bitch about a card til the card's over" - Daner
Jon Fitch is the man.
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by doonerthesooner on Aug 18, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
emphasis on "the"
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
by Chris Toffer on Aug 18, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
U dun' goofed, Thiago ...
Well, anybody who knows me knows I'm no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true. Or what did or didn't happen.
I don' t get that one.
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by doonerthesooner on Aug 18, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Know your meme : Jessi Slaughter
Well, anybody who knows me knows I'm no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true. Or what did or didn't happen.
one of my all-time favorite memes
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by David St. Martin on Aug 18, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
ill pop a cap in you mouth
and make a flying slushy?
Did that girl really just say that?
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
by Chris Toffer on Aug 18, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
this has officially been submitted to Tosh.0
:-)
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
by Chris Toffer on Aug 18, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
i thought it was a parody of mel gibson. the woman looks like mels ex.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. 2 weeks till the first game of college football. UTAH vs Pitt. September 2nd 2010.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Aug 19, 2010 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s an 11 year old
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by David St. Martin on Aug 19, 2010 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
its blurry and i never saw the you tube clip on it. sorry if i offended you.
i just went off what i saw on the picture.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. 2 weeks till the first game of college football. UTAH vs Pitt. September 2nd 2010.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Aug 19, 2010 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
oh I'm not offended. but you gotta watch that video
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DhQKro8WEZ3I
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by David St. Martin on Aug 19, 2010 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions
it's funny and bizarre.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. 2 weeks till the first game of college football. UTAH vs Pitt. September 2nd 2010.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Aug 19, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Easiest Weight Cut Ever, Huh Thiago?
Oh, well I guess that is true since you didn’t WANT to cut it. True colors indeed.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
For 12 g's I'd cut a hundred pounds
Sure I’d only weigh 40 pounds after that but its 12,000
"If I woke up looking like that, I would run towards the nearest living thing and kill it." -Master Shake
We have to take the amulet to the banana king!
I can actually see a decent reason for why he would refuse to do the final weight cut.
He knew this was a bit of a turning point in his career, he’d already lost to Fitch, and he didn’t want to concentrate on anything but the fight. It sounds pretty weak, but if you’ve ever competed at a reasonably high level, you know just how important focus can be on performance. He also probably didn’t want anything negative to focus on during the fight, like being sapped of that last little bit of energy by the sauna sit.
Still, it is somewhat ridiculous that he didn’t take care of it beforehand.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
I think he's lying
I really do.
I think he got to that point where mentally he just couldn’t cut anymore weight. Taking two hours to cut half a pound is not taking his mind off the fight. Weight cutting is a fight in and of itself. I truly believe he just reached that point where he just couldn’t do it anymore.
Moreover, in the pre-fight conference Alves didn’t exactly seem focused on the fight and even during the fight it seemed like his mind was elsewhere. It just seemed way to easy for Fitch to do what he was doing and it seemed like Alves had given up.
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