Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez are set to face off at UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben on October 18th in England. The fight could serve as a number one contender fight and the winner could face the winner of the Georges St Pierre - Jon Fitch fight.

Alves is coming off the biggest win in his career, a second round TKO victory over Matt Hughes at UFC 85: Bedlam. Before that, Alves became the first fighter to ever knock out Karo Parisyan. He is proving himself to be one of the best strikers in the welterweight division.

Sanchez just fought in June and won against Luigi Fioravanti. Sanchez showed an improved stand-up game to go along with his great ground skills. He is still fighting his way back from back-to-back losses against Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch last year.

This should be a very entertaining fight with two of the most talented and well-rounded fighters in the welterweight division. Although Diego has improved his striking immensely since starting in the UFC, it could be enough to beat Alves. The “Pitbull” seems destined to make it to the top of the division no matter who the UFC puts in his way.

Source: mvn.com