Rafael Alves missed weight by 11.5 pounds for a UFC Vegas 19 bout with Pat Sabatini in February, and the explanation is not the same he gave the media back in February.
Moments after the official weigh-ins in Las Vegas, Alves told MMA Fighting he had food poisoning after eating salmon during fight week. Three months later, now scheduled to fight Damir Ismagulov in a lightweight bout at Saturday’s UFC Vegas 27, the Brazilian has decided to open up.
“I don’t like to talk too much about my personal life, about what happened,” Alves said in an interview with MMA Fighting.