Since being on the wrong end of a dominating performance by Georges St. Pierre in his only career title fight in August 2008 at UFC 87, Jon Fitch has been trying to find the quickest route back.
He bounced back with unanimous decision victories over Akihiro Gono at UFC 94 and Paulo Thiago at UFC 100. He will have to continue to his winning streak to fight his way to the top once again in a division stocked full of talent.
Fitch was supposed to fight Ricardo Almeida at UFC 106 next; however, Almeida had to pull out with an injury. Then he was tabbed to fight Thiago Alves at UFC 107, but Alves, too, pulled out with an injury. The third time was the charm as Mike Pierce is now scheduled to be his UFC 107 opponent on Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tennessee.
A loss to the relative unknown Pierce could be detrimental to his championship aspirations…
