Middleweight “Smiling” Sam Alvey entered the Octagon at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Saturday (Sunday local time in Australia) for his UFC Fight Night 65 bout against Dan Kelly with “#PerfectTan” sprayed onto his chest.
The spray tan logo showed up prominently on the pale-skinned Alvey and was a violation of company policy.
“Fighters definitely can’t do that. It’s against our policy. You can put your sponsors on your shorts. You can put your sponsors on your banner, but you can’t put sponsors on your body. It was completely off side. We’ve got a policy for that,” said Tom Wright, Managing Director of UFC Operations for Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the event’s post-fight press conference.