Warlley Alves had a year to be forgotten in 2016, but he refuses to see it that way.
Once seen as one of the greatest prospects in the welterweight division after a perfect run as middleweight on The Ultimate Fighter Brazil, Alves suffered his first defeats in MMA by the hands of Bryan Barberena and Kamaru Usman last year, and those were only two of his biggest losses.
Alves lost a close friend in between those fights, when he suffered a violent car crash in Rio de Janeiro, leaving behind a wife and young daughter.