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Quoteworthy:
“I needed to fight, I was (previously) scheduled for Nov. 21 and I’ve been training 5-6 weeks already. I don’t like a lot of down time, I like to fight often. Waiting around for Thiago (Alves) to get better was not an option. The last week has just been up and down, [...]

UFC 107 main card fighter and former UFC welterweight number one contender Jon Fitch will join us tonight at 9 p.m. ET on MMAmania.com’s exclusive presentation of Pro MMA Radio.
Fitch will go in-depth about the injury that forced his latest change in upcoming opponents, making another run at the 170-pound gold, his training at AKA [...]

The third time will hopefully be the charm for Jon Fitch (19-3) now that up-and-coming welterweight Mike Pierce (10-1) has agreed to step up and face him at UFC 107 from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., on Dec. 12.
Pierce was originally slated to meet Josh Koscheck at UFC Fight Night 20 until “Kos” was [...]

Former number one welterweight contenders Thiago Alves and Jon Fitch are no longer fighting at UFC 107 after the “Pitbull” was forced to withdraw from the Dec. 12 event with a knee injury, according to MMA Fanhouse.
Fitch was taken off the UFC 106 pay-per-view and inserted into the Memphis show after Ricardo Almeida bowed out [...]

Jon Fitch wasn’t kidding when he mentioned yesterday that a “big” fight was in the works after his opponent for UFC 106, Ricardo Almeida, bowed out of the contest after he sustained a major knee injury while training.
Fitch is currently in discussions to rematch Thiago Alves at UFC 107 from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, [...]

…according to Fitch, who just released the news through several of his social networking accounts:
“My fight on Nov. 21st is off, Almeida blew out his knee, but I get a bigger better fight instead. Cant say who yet, but lots of you have been waiting for this fight a long time.”
When contacted by MMAmania.com, Fitch [...]

Fresh off his unanimous decision victory over Kendall Grove at UFC 101, MMAmania.com has learned that Ricardo Almeida (11-3) will finally get to make his welterweight debut when he tangles with 170-pound stalwart Jon Fitch (19-3) at UFC 106 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 21.
Since returning to the [...]

Jon Fitch is the Rodney Dangerfield of mixed martial arts: he gets “no respect.”
After getting cut from the first season of The Ultimate Fighter at the last minute by the show’s producers, he was forced to take the long road to the pinnacle of the sport. His treacherous journey was filled with one under card [...]

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