RIO DE JANEIRO -- Warlley Alves suffered his first loss as a professional MMA fighter in May, and it hurt.
The Brazilian welterweight prospect, who lost a decision to Bryan Barberena at UFC 198 in Curitiba, is scheduled to return to the cage on Nov. 19 against Kamaru Usman, and not being undefeated anymore as a mixed martial artist changed a few things in him.
"I never dealt well with losses," Alves said during a UFC Fight Night 100 media day in Rio de Janeiro. "I always had a philosophy that a loss is similar to an accident.