Thiago Alves: Rated Exclusive Interview

[Carnificinerius]

wow, really impressed about alves' english speaking. not bad 4 a brazilian

[pendegro]

is alves standing on a box or something here? he should be much shorter than helwani

[xXPAINTRAINXx]

@pendegro No man UFC screws up height alot thiago alves looks like hes about 5,11 not 5,8 but thats what i think.

[ohhdayyum]

@pendegro alves gave gsp a good run for his money, if hes wrestling was a little better he'd be as good as gsp, and im saying this becasue alves is my fave fighter

[Thatuptownguy]

i want a shitle tot

[RealTenryuken]

LOL, he's afraid of Anderson Silva.

[GlidarnMadness]

@RealTenryuken who isnt lol . . . anderson is and always will be the best pound for pound fighter in the world

[Thoreos]

@RealTenryuken you fight anderson prick

[gspr00lz]

gsp won sorry guys he managed to take alves down ten times at will and welll alves has really good takedown defense it was a good fight

[lilnate1994]

i want to see him and diego sanchez fight i missed it noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[920802]

they never fought, sanchez got injured, alves fought josh koscheck instead

[lisastairs]

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[nikz198519]

does anybody knows why he hasnt fight anymore? he should fight dan hardy man he should be fighting is he injured or something?

[digges90]

yep he was injured

[shaun0069]

Shields doesnt offer much of a challenge to GSP..not even on the ground..

[UPaYBacK]

i still feel that the UFC should have annual "Grand Prix" for weight classes each year (similar to pride) because i think it helps mix up the division and shows the true heart of a fighter when he has to battle 2ce in a night

[13seven13]

"Jake Shields is the only welterweight that offers a real theat to GSP" Jake Rosen, Sherdog. I think that goes for Alves and Fitch, as well.

[raiderfan89ify]

i think thiago should move up to middleweight, hes a bit too big, he literaly walks around 200 lbs and has to cut 30-35lbs, cutting that much weight is unhealthy. and not to mention doest have much body fat but alot of muscle.

[920802]

he walks around 200lbs OFF-season, he cuts maybe 20pounds for a fight, which still is pretty much

[beastyler1243]

damn alot of you talk alot of shit about him. stfu cuz i bet he'd kick the shit outa u easy and make u look like a lil bitch and gsp wont last against silva. gsp will be put in the hospital

[MrPrettyboy450]

he cuts a lot of weight

30-35lbs

[dickmoe99]

The interviewer Ariel should answer back when he is asked 'how he is doing' by Thiago....I noticed that he does not do it in other videos. I think it is a little sign of disrespect and he should show courtesy to respond back to the question

[deejay1877]

gsp is my fav fighter but thiago is a beast...i have never seen someone stand up so easily from gsp's takedowns

dont get it twisted tho, if thiago gets a ground game that does not equal him beating gsp...dont forgot gsp tore his abductor in the 3rd round n still kept it goin

[DonnieLove214]

We have the same insight of the fight. I feel, if he didnt have the injury, he would have stopped thiago. But Thiago is a POWERhouse. He's definitely top 3 in welter. Him and fitch should get a second fight to claim second place in welter. That'll be nice. But super fights for the next year has to be... GSP vs Silva or Silva vs Machida. I would say Machida vs GSP but that's too much of a weight difference.

[jhon55]

looks like vaibombar lost a bet.

[vaibombar]

Alves Shitle Tot is a Dissapointed for UFC fans...What he did agaisn't GSP??Nothinggg,,Zeeeeeeeeeeeer­oooo...The wors't Alves performance Everrrrrrr....No punches no leg kicks with accuracy,,.What the hell he was doing on Gsp fight?? I'm sorry Alves but you Sucks..Take down after take down,..thats was GSP game plan to win the fight!..Alves you are on ASSHOLE...Very dissapointed....

[johnnyspeedf1]

what happened on saturday bro ??? hahahahaahahah i thought u will knock gsp out ,,,,,lmfaoooooo

fuck man i guess ur plan it didn't work ee ? GSP is the man, u mofu are just a roidfreak.......

[TheSovereignVlogger]

For you to throw your ignorence out there like that is insulting to mma fans across the world. Thiago went out there with GSP at UFC 100 and stayed in the entire 5 rounds. GSP took him down sure, but Thiago overpowered him to get up every time. Give this guy a couple more years when he gets a good ground game and he will be a future champ for sure. His striking is out of GSP's league already, so with a little more experience he'll be the top dog and take GSP out.

[johnnyspeedf1]

what is ur prob uneducated motherfucker????

GSP got injured in the 3rd round, and he still dominated thiago like a bitch....so what ur trying to say???

thiago is 25 yrs old now, it will take him 2 years for a title shot again if he is lucky....bc i think he will lose hes next fight again anyway....he got fuckt like a hore from George no question askt.......

GSP is the best pound for pound fighter in UFC.........GO CANADA

[TheSovereignVlogger]

Ha...George couldent keep Thiago down. He overpowered him and got back to stand up everytime and took him all 5 rounds even tho he "sucks so much" as you seem to think. So what I'm saying is that if Thiago gets a ground game then George is done. Thats it. End of story "uneducated motherfucker" lol

[johnnyspeedf1]

sorry man are u blind or deaf ??

thiago was getting up couse of Geroges injury not couse of hes skills,that shows how nthg u know about MMA..

all he needs is ground game??? hahaahahaha WTF man ?

u know how many gaps are there to fill in MMA ? training 2-3 months ground game it means nthg for fighters overall rating...

GSP has been doing evthg u see 2day on him since lil kid, he has great ground game awesome kick boxing deadly subb and every fight he bcomes 10% better....think again mofu

[TheSovereignVlogger]

Ok, so are you actually in MMA or do you just like to talk shit like keyboard warriors? Yes, all Thiago needs is a ground game to beat him wether you like it or not. He was also getting up from the takedowns BEFORE gsp pulled his abductor. I'm not saying alves won, nor am I saying Thiago was doing well against him, I'm just saying he has the skills to beat GSP and will sometime, even though he shouldent even be a welterweight. Jesus did someone piss in ur cornflakes this morning or what? lol

[johnnyspeedf1]

yeah man all thiago needs is 15 more cm of dick and some real balls....till then let him be Georges hore.....

[bgmstr]

gsp pulled his groin at the end of the fight so what is your explanation for thiago getting back up in the earlier rounds?

[johnnyspeedf1]

brother listen.....

Thiago has no tools for GSP yet......NOT YET

[GraceBarra]

Thiago won the fight last saturday agaist GSP. And show the world that GSP that UFC is totaly business not fight like odl times

Thiago show how good he was , on hes cardio and standing game. Gsp was keeping take him down because if he exchange punchs he would get hes ass kicked lol

[mjok35]

your an idiot. how can you say that alves won that fight he got dominated in all aspects of the fight

[johnnyspeedf1]

Whatta fuck are u talking about u mofu????

Geroge did exacly what he had to do....

perfect game plan execution from George.......now GSP is a real Champ....

[MatthewThanhLe33]

Stop ridin' his dick...

[Vondrick]

everyone is nothing compare to gsp, his dicipline, atitute and humor makes him a perfect fighter

[wardufc]

here is the thing that everyone forgets to talk about comming into this fight GSP has never fought anyone that is even close to the stand up artist that alves is all the ufc throws at gsp is wrestlers and jits guys that have improved stand up so I think that alves will stop gsp because of his takedown def. and his superior striking skill in the ww class

[localboyz]

Freddie Roach (if you don't know who that is you're not a fight fan) said that Penn has the best boxing in all of mma. Also, Alves hasn't fought a good striker either, every one of his opponents have been grapplers, that's the only reason he looks so devastating. If you really think he's going to stop takedowns from the best wrestler in mma you're tripping.

[unabomberman]

This guy's almost as big as Rampage. I'm sure he has at least a solid chance of beating GSP.

Hopefully the fight willl be good and both guys show up at their best.

[localboyz]

Almost as big as Rampage? Alves is like 4 inches shorter than GSP. Come on man.

[mangodealer]

and alves is one inch shorter.

[unabomberman]

You do know Mir and Lesnar are almost the same height, right? But Lesnar is "bigger" because he is a musclebound freak. Same with Alves. But hey, I'm actually quoting Dana White here. Just look at pics of him when he fought Hughes, he looks freakish.

The only way he may not show up as big is if his stomach contracts(for the massive cut) and he cannot put the weight back on, just like what happened to De la Hoya when he fought Pacquiao.

[jimmyshep]

is that luke cumo???

[TheFutureOfMma777]

ALVES > gsp

[kingelmo]

@TheFutureOfMma777 how the hell is alves better than gsp? didnt gsp whip his ass easily

[MrAdidas1980]

Dont get me wrong, Alves is a very good fighter & hes very dangerous, just like all the other guys who fought GSP, every fight GSP has from here on in is going 2 B GSPs biggest challenge/test, regardless of who it is, & its going 2 B GSPs most important fight of his career, until he loses his belt, thats what its going 2 B. Alot had BJ winning & look @ what GSP did 2 him, made him look like NOOb... GSP made BJ Penn look like a rookie WTF I dont even think any1 beat BJ 10-8 until 01/31/09 GSP!!

[MrAdidas1980]

accident777: Dude R u fucking serious? If I were Alves I would be training training. GSP proved him-self & has beatin top of the top in WW, GSP destroyed every guy Alves fought and more. Alves was losing to Karo in that fight when Alves KO'd Karo in the 3rd, if it went to decision Alves would of lost & he got KO'd by Fitch.... & we all know what happened to Fitch when he was "suppose" to have beatin GSP or b his toughest test to that date & look what the final result was......1 way ass beating!!

[xvtxboi]

Alves is a beast man. he walks around at bout 205. If he could keep the fight with GSP standing up, he has a good chance to win.

[accident777]

I agree Alves, is the number one guy who has the best chance to win i ever saw. If I was St-Pierre, i would train and train and train

[localboyz]

LOL! You're telling me that Alves is cutting 35 lbs.? You silly noobs are hilarious. That is humanly impossible. The biggest weight cutters in professional sports cut BARELY over 20 lbs. You guys are going to feel stupid when you see how small Alves looks compared to GSP.

[whoodkid]

he walks around at 200lbs

[GHSrb32]

170lbs

[whoodkid]

wtf are you talking about? i said dude walks around at 200lbs but fights at 170lbs. he walks around at 200lbs so wtf are talking about?

[mangodealer]

yeah actually its true his normal weight is around 200 pounds.

[TheSovereignVlogger]

No It's not impossible. Shows what you know I guess. Alves IS much bigger than GSP naturaly. He walksa round at about 185 and upwards to 195. Hes just a big guy. But in order to cut all that extra weight he went into the fight with GSP being severly dehydrated which isnt that healthy. I think he will beat gsp easily when he gets some ground experience but other than that he should stay in middleweight.

[YujeroFuma]

any body knows how much wt. alves is cutting to make 170?

[6pagan9]

my guess.......30 + lbs

[dynmite09]

shit take dat fool to da hood bruh cross dat bridge and take him to opa locka

[darktim99]

alves is ace. i think you could see when he man handed hughes that he was a force to be reckond with. he dont back down.

[triumphelf]

Alves has to Cut Weight ..He was gettin his ass Kicked...GSP would run over Thiago!!

[Ironpump50]

Why is that? He walks around at a higher weight then GSP loser. Don't be surprised if GSP won't be able to bully the bigger Alves. Alves can avoid the take downs and is more capable of knocking out GSP. The Pitbull is gonna wreck GSP.

[pompsey]

alves will stand toe to toe with gsp with ease and his take down defense is excellent but raw power will be a shock as gsp will be bullied all around the octagon

[jiujeetkunedo]

Amen Bro!!! Gsp will dominate Alves...

Don't get me wrong big fan of both fighters , but GSP is da man and he will put him out.

[sog305]

well he was right about his gsp pick

[bananas0195]

I just met him yesterday! he is really nice! and he will pwn the hell out of anyone!

[ChuckNorris2344]

yeah hes a good fighters,

Him vs GSP is gonna HELL!

It will come soon,

[monoforraptunes]

hes a fucking HUGE WW and he has a 77'' reach at 5'9 what the hell lol? thats how long most 6'4 guys arms are,hes ridiculasly powerfull to and he has better standup than gsp and bj i honestly think hed ko bj but GSP would beat him reason being is bj wouldnt be able to take him down but GSP would.

[JLFilmStudio]

Thiago Alves is gonna fuck eat gsp

[ifkch03z]

if GSP/BJ gets thiago to the ground then the fights over. Standing up I'd give it to thiago i mean did you see those brutal kicks he gave to koscheck looked like koschecks calf was gonna break

[wangchangyang]

first time i saw him fight was against spencer fisher...he knew 0 english lol, but damn, its only been a year?

[rockxking]

Alves couldnt finish off Koshchek who had 2 weeks notice

he WONT finish GSP, GSP in my opinion has stronger standup, and wrestling, and jits, GSP will beat Bj, and alves

[ifkch03z]

did u forget gsp couldn't finish koscheck either

[tommyshum91]

Guys dont worry about whether or not he's gonna face GSP, because he's gonna face BJ Penn =)

[bobbyj231]

thiago would and will bust GSP's ass...dude is a fucking dog at 170...PERIOD

[espada9]

I don't know about right now, it's a toss up but within a year he'll get a title shot.

He's going to eventually get the belt, plenty of talent at 170 but Thiago has insane talent for his age and he keeps getting better.

[MarijuanaGood4U]

dont get me wrong i am for GSP 110% BUT this kid has the best potential in beating GSP right now more than A. Silva

[nimbusthelimbus]

This guy is so pimpin!

[mmamax5]

great match up gsp n alves! hard 2 call!

[ezcondition]

oh yeah GSP has way more talent, but this guy, and i like him, got some power, and good take down defense. yet, GSP is strong himself, so that fight would be nice to see.

[IzaaqMicro]

I wonder how he would have done against Diego.  I still want to see that fight.

[dleerox24]

gsp is definitely the better athlete but that doesnt make him the better fighter. Thiago is a fucking beast

[Scarface09]

Alves is the king!! My Favorite UFC fighter.

[mmafanatic90]

i love this guys confidence and swagger

[mmaboy86]

thiago v bj,thiago v gsp.... i hope koscheck gets knocked the fuck out coz either of those 2 fights would b great!!!!!!!

[71788]

You see how much respect Thiago shows for Anderson Silva dont yall, he knows he wont step into middleweight cause he knows what The Spider is capable of.

[soulsthrigger7]

good luck sanchez!

[bgmstr]

now thiagos gonna be fighting josh koscheck instead of diego sanchez but it doesnt make a diffrence cuz thiagos still gonna tko whoever faces him! also i think there wont be any weight issues this time cuz he doesnt look as bulky there as he did in the hughes fight

[leumasnehpets]

Man this guy is cool haha, ain't lying about the Saturday south beach shit haha!

[D253O]

Man, I cant belive Thiago is 200-205 on his "off" season........He's def. gotta be the biggest welterweight. GSP is only like 187 and everyone goes on and on about how big he is....

[nonamer1981]

i hate when somebody says "that guy is bigger than the other" or "he is small for his weight class" etc. When two fighters are in the same weight class, it means that they are the same size. Even if one of them LOOKS bigger, it would not be that advantage to talk about!! the real differences in size are in the heavy weight ONLY

[creolebaby]

ever heard of cutting weight? some guys cut 20 lbs. while some dont cut at all. at heavyweight only lesnar and carwin cut weight. my point is the real difference is in heavyweight you get to see what the guys "really" weigh (most of the time) as opposed to the other classes where they dont have as big a gap as heavyweight

[nonamer1981]

are you stupid? you are saying thing that all ppl know. May be my english is not that good, but try to understand. for example: tito`s walking weight is about 215 or more. so he cut weight. and he LOOKS bigger than some of his apponents(like Wandrlei). but it`s not THAT BIG advantage over them. both fighters are 205 in the fight. So no body can have that BIG advantage in size. But in HW there are some big differences in weight and size

[D253O]

Yeah......I'm stupid. But you're the one with their panties in a bunch over a comment on a youtube video. BTW, Tito walks around heavier then that

[happykid323]

Tito actually walks around 235-240. It's on some interview here on youtube.

[amarsh85]

hes a classy guy. and its good to know GSP will KTFO him

[yumjesusjuice]

GO Alves!!!!! fuck diego sanchez!!!!!! he has an IQ of 60

[chrisinsocalif]

I hope Thiago wins, Diego is a punk.

[imapainterinnj]

its gonna be good fight

[BigGee614]

Should be a gr8 fight.

[javigee]

wilmer valderama

[WillMillion15]

Great interview, I laughed when he said "you know who the champion is?"