Initially, Jon Fitch was going to face Ricardo Almeida at UFC 106; however, that didn’t come to fruition as that fight was called off. After Thursday’s press conference, UFC president Dana White confirmed that Fitch’s new opponent would be Thiago Alves.

Alves will be pulled from his fight against Paulo Thiago to step in for the injured Almeida; the bout between Fitch and Alves has a slight revision: the fight will take place at UFC 107 which will take place in Memphis, TN.