Saturday, March 27, 2010 - by MMAWeekly.com Staff The bad news is Thiago Alves wasn't able to fight Jon Fitch at UFC 111, but the much better news is that the Brazilian will be able to return to action as soon as May, after having a minor surgery that will keep him away for only a few weeks. Alves spoke to the media on Friday evening in New York City to update everyone on what was a fairly vague, yet scary situation after he was not approved to fight following a CAT scan that revealed an issue with the fighter's brain that could not be solved by fight time. Fitch remained on the UFC 111 card ...

Just hours after news broke that Thiago Alves had to pull out of his UFC 111 main card fight with Jon Fitch due to a failed CT scan, multiple sources are now reporting that Fitch will instead fight Ben Saunders on the main card. Saunders already had a main card fight against Jake Ellenberger, but he was apparently eager to fight Fitch. Ellenberger will reportedly be paid his show-money plus a win bonus and will simply be removed from the card. MMA Junkie had the initial report: Multiple sources today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the change to Saturday's card, which takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. A source told MMAjunkie.com said Saunders ...