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During a Q & A session in Fayetteville, NC, Dana White shed some light on the Welterweight Title situation, as well as the much-discussed super-fight of Georges St. Pierre vs Anderson Silva.

Not only does Thiago Alves have seven straight wins in the cage, he had the last three over Karo Parysian, Matt Hughes, and Josh Koscheck. Hardly slouches, and that impressive run has earned the American Top Team product the next crack at the Welterweight title, no matter if Georges St. Pierre or BJ Penn wins their Welterweight Title bout coming up at UFC 94 this January.

There were strong rumors that if Georges St. Pierre won against Penn that he would get a crack at Anderson Silva, but those plans appear to be shelved at least for a few months. White expanded on this, saying if St. Pierre defeated Penn, and then defeated Alves, he would then get consideration for a shot at Anderson Silva. That’s a lot of “ifs” and it would be a shame if that fight never happened.

As for the forgotten man, Kenny Florian, the undisputed number one contender for BJ Penn’s 155lb title, well, he’ll just have to wait a little bit longer. So does Kenny wait for his “money in the bank” title shot for another 9-12 months, or does he stay busy and risk losing it?

Top 170lb contender Thiago Alves tells the Chicago Sun Times his plans for his opponent Diego Sanchez at UFC 90 in Chicago, Illinois on October 25th.

Diego, meanwhile was a bit more reserved and obviously still harbors some animosity towards Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch, the last two guys to defeat him:

My two losses were both by decision. Unfortunately, some (fighters) will settle for wins given to them by judges and others will try to finish their opponent. I think Thiago will try to fight. I have respect for him as one of the best fighters in the world.

That he is. Thiago knocked out perennial top 10 welterweight Karo Parysian and then future UFC hall-of-famer Matt Hughes in highlight reel fashion at UFC 85. It’s safe to say the winner of this fight will be knocking on the door for a title shot.

On a side note, it would be awfully interesting if Sanchez won and received a title shot at St. Pierre. Sanchez blames St. Pierre for “forcing” him out of his Team Jackson New Mexico fight camp by joining them. I guess Diego figured since their paths would eventually cross (with them both being top 170lb fighters) they could not exist on the same team. Well, that’s one train of thought…the other would be something like American Kickboxing Academy, where top 170lb fighters Mike Swick, Jon Fitch and Josh Koscheck all train together.