'Pitbull' Alves ready to bite again after long layoff

It might be a cliché used a thousand times over the course of Thiago Alves’s mixed martial arts career, but he’s used to it and he likes it, especially leading up to his return to the Octagon on November 12 against Jim Miller.This “Pitbull” is ready to bite, and after nearly 18 months on the sidelines, he wants to be let off his leash.“I think it’s a new beginning,” he said. “It’s a new beginning with a new weight class where I know I&