Thiago Alves gets title shot after Jon Fitch
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After earning his fifth straight victory in the UFC’s welterweight division, American Top Team’s Thiago “Pitbull” Alves (14-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) is now directly behind No. 1 contender Jon Fitch (17-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) for a shot at the title.
Alves was informed of his positioning by UFC matchmaker Joe Silva immediately following the 24-year-old Brazilian’s TKO victory over Karo Parisyan (18-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) at Ultimate Fight Night 13.
Alves discussed his possible title contention, as well as the hotly debated ending of the Parisyan bout, while a guest on Monay’s edition of TAGG Radio (www.taggradio.com), a content partner of MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
“Right now I heard I’m right behind Jon Fitch,” Alves said. “That’s what Joe Silva told me.”
With Fitch expected to take on the winner of next weekend’s Matt Serra-Georges St. Pierre UFC 83 main event, Alves could potentially sit out briefly and wait on the results of these fights and his pending title shot. Alves, however, would prefer to stay active.
“I know I want to fight,” Alves said. “My manager asked me if I want to wait to see what’s up, and I said, ‘I don’t want to wait, I want to fight.’ Probably I’ll be fighting by June or July.”
By most counts, Alves lost the first round of his bout with Parisyan. But Alves contends that was due, at least partially, to his always-patient strategy.
“I was feeling great,” Alves said. “In the beginning, I always start slow. I don’t start 100 percent. I start to pick up the pace while the fight is going.”
That slow start also had much to due with Alves’ respect for Parisyan.
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April 19th, 2008 at 1:37 am
To me the most important thing I take away from that is that Smith knew that businessmen don’t always act in their long-term best interest. Collusion hurts the market, but it produces a short-term gain. I also see similar behavior in government and in unions.Obviously, Keynes picked up on this later and ran with it.Like how they say that all philosophy is footnotes to Plato, I think all economics is a follow-up to Smith.
April 19th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Thats not true. A lot of the time, businessmen get together to do business. What Adam Smith meant was, “Far too often, businessmen join together in discourse and formulate actions that do not work out in favour of the public”. This depends on how far you are willing to take the concept of “value” to. In short, not all companies are bad.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:18 am
I agree, very difficult book to “get in to”. I was quite dissapointed. I’ve put it down for now.
April 19th, 2008 at 4:08 am
You see a Smith quote…i see a player of civilization 4
April 19th, 2008 at 4:59 am
I’m American, besides hearing some of my fellow countrymen and countrywomen say that Adam Smith, a Scotsman, was a true American patriot and a founding father, as they speak about the glory of the market, I have to deal with the assumption that his thought is, in actuality, like so many political partisans have made it out to be, and, therefore, the assumption is that my beliefs are of stripes of which they are not. It’s an easy way to provide clarity to anyone who reads what I write. I think the working perception on the internet is that Adam Smith = libertarian. That is just my experience.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:49 am
He’s not “going out and telling” people. He’s telling people here. In a conversation where this information is relevant.You, on the other hand, seem to have a need to tell other people that they’re insecure. I dunno what that damage is.
April 19th, 2008 at 6:40 am
I can watch them. No proxy. Germany.
April 19th, 2008 at 7:31 am
I’m not saying in general all big government is bad, just like in general not all big business is bad.What is general is that there is higher risks in centralized then there are in decentralized. You know, don’t keep all your eggs in one basket, diversify your portfolio, etc. This is part of the problem today, and why there is so much money spent in politics today, government having been given so much power attracts the attention of those who would like that power in their favor. They then use tools such as lobbying to manipulate the government and the media to manipulate public opinion for their ends.All is materialistic value except suicide and to an extent sacrifice are the only times people completely let go of the material world, their materialist obsession. This materialism is what keeps people from committing suicide, it is what makes MMORPGs like World of Warcraft addicting. And sharing, kindness and compassion can be used as tools to manipulate people for materialistic ends such as status, and even if it is done anonymous the ends may be the status of how I see myself.
April 19th, 2008 at 8:21 am
did you view the videohe did read the rest of the book, he was just putting it in perspective of the economy as it is today
April 19th, 2008 at 9:12 am
That’s sad, he’s usually funny on Real Time with Bill Maher
April 19th, 2008 at 10:02 am
http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows/showdetails.aspx?sid=3350They advertise the Full Player … you can watch the Full Episodes there.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Most corporations are largely an extension of the coercive, self-aggrandizing state. They’re not necessarily a product of true laissez-faire policy. In fact, the corporation Adam Smith was probably most thinking of, the East India Company was a creature of the English Crown.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Same here, Finland. Why would Canadian ISPs be blocked? It clearly works in Europe.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
They want you to use SILVERLIGHT in Canada… haahah
April 19th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I bought the book last month. It wasn’t as good as I was expecting. Rourke’s writing wasn’t so great, and he quotes Smith so much its confusing.