Thiago Alves wants to fight the UFC champion - even if he is his training partner.
The question, whether or not a teammate should fight a teammate, might be as old as the profession of prize fighting. Most of the bigger camps in modern MMA categorically rule out fights between two of their members, even if the stakes are high. Not so American Top Team's Thiago Alves. The stakes can't certainly get any higher than a shot at the UFC title. And if a chance like that would present itself to the "Pitbull", he would grab it -- regardless of who he would have to fight for it.