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Thiago Alves vs John Howard at UFC 124


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I think people are assuming that Alves will walk this fight just because Howard isn't a huge name. The guy has some great Muay Thai skills and the thing that's been holding him back in his career is his lack of ground game. I see this being a competitive fight although I do see Alves's striking eventually being too technical and diverse for Howard to handle.

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I think that they should have Alves fight either Ellenberger or the loser of Shields vs Kampmann but hey what do I know.

 

anyway' date=' I think that Thiago will knock him out early second.

 

should be a pretty exciting fight though.[/quote']

 

Does anyone else think its absurd this fight is happening? Top 5 WW fights a guy who might be in the top 20?

 

Jake Ellenberger beat John Howard yet I promise Jake Ellenberger won't get an opponent even close to Thiago Alves caliber and Thiago Alves deserves a higher ranked opponent.

 

That being said it should be a great fight.

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I think that they should have Alves fight either Ellenberger or the loser of Shields vs Kampmann but hey what do I know.

 

anyway' date=' I think that Thiago will knock him out early second.

 

should be a pretty exciting fight though.[/quote']

 

RD1 - Alves stays on the outside lands 8-10 savage leg kicks

 

RD2- Alves lands 4-5 leg kicks, sees Howard is hurt moves in for the kill

 

Alves RD2 TKO

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Does anyone else think its absurd this fight is happening? Top 5 WW fights a guy who might be in the top 20?

 

Jake Ellenberger beat John Howard yet I promise Jake Ellenberger won't get an opponent even close to Thiago Alves caliber and Thiago Alves deserves a higher ranked opponent.

 

That being said it should be a great fight.

 

It does seem kinda weird, but Alves has 2 losses in a row. He's just barely hanging on to top 5 right now. Ellenberger is still working his way up!!

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Does anyone else think its absurd this fight is happening? Top 5 WW fights a guy who might be in the top 20?

 

Jake Ellenberger beat John Howard yet I promise Jake Ellenberger won't get an opponent even close to Thiago Alves caliber and Thiago Alves deserves a higher ranked opponent.

 

That being said it should be a great fight.

 

I agree 100%.

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