Perhaps a move to the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division can kickstart Warlley Alves’ once-promising mixed martial arts career.
“The Ultimate Fighter Brazil” Season 3 winner will do battle with once-beaten KHK MMA Team prospect Ikram Aliskerov in a three-round UFC 294 showcase on Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Alves enters the Octagon on the heels of back-to-back losses. The 32-year-old Rizzo RVT export last appeared at UFC 283, where he wound up on the wrong side of a split decision against former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder Nicolas Dalby on Jan.