Thiago Alves out of UFC 107 with knee injury
By Jim Murphy October 30th, 2009MMA Fanhouse is reporting that Thiago Alves is out of UFC 107 with a knee injury:
A knee injury has forced welterweight Thiago Alves to pull out of his scheduled bout against Jon Fitch at UFC 107. FanHouse learned of the news on Friday morning.
The Alves-Fitch fight was put together late last week after Fitch’s opponent at UFC 106, Ricardo Almeida, pulled out due to a knee injury as well. Alves was originally scheduled to fight Paulo Thiago at UFC 107, but once Fitch was left without an opponent, the UFC booked the rematch. No word just yet on who, if anyone, Fitch will be facing on the Dec. 12 show in Memphis, TN.
According to sources, Alves recently suffered a torn posterior cruciate ligament. It is unknown at this time how long he will be sidelined for.
