Thiago Tavares suffers from hyper-extended elbow
by Gavin Vincent on April 24, 2009

Thiago Tavares was scheduled to face Melvin Guillard "The Young Assassin" at the Ultimate Fighter Finale 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. While training, Tavares hyper-extended his elbow.

Tavares is coming off a win over Manny Gamburyan and would have loved to make it two-in-a-row against a powerful Guillard. Tavares hasn't won two in a row since 2007 against opponents Naoyuki Kotani and Jason Black.

Gleison Tibau has stepped up to replace Tavares for the September UFC event. Guillard is coming off two-straight wins and hopes to make Tibau his third. His most recent wins come from opponents Eric Regan and Denis Siver in 2008.

HOW WILL THE THIAGO ALVES VS. MARTIN KAMPMANN FIGHT END AT UFC ON FX 2?
Alves def. Kampmann via TKO/KO
Alves def. Kampmann via submission
Alves def. Kampmann via decision
Kampmann def. Alves via TKO/KO
Kampmann def. Alves via submission
Kampmann def. Alves via decision
TAKE ANOTHER POLL!