This fight has been cancelled after Akiyama suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw. Alves will now face Siyar Bahadurzada.
UFC welterweight Thiago Alves is going to take a year off to recover from surgery and other injuries. He expects to return in June 2013.
The UFC tried to please Calgary. They brought what they believed would be a world-class demonstration of MMA talent, a title fight with a pound-for-pound killer and plenty of hometown heroes to...
Matt Riddle submitted Chris Clements in the third round at UFC 149 tonight in Calgary.
Date: July 22, 2012
Yoshihiro Akiyama | Thiago Alves | |
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44 | age | 40 |
5'10" | height | 5'9" |
170lbs | weight | 170 |