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Warlley Alves vs. Sultan Aliev slated for UFC 224

A welterweight fight between Warlley Alves and Sutlan Aliev has been added to UFC 224 on May 12.

The fight was announced during a UFC 224 media day Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Alves (11-2) has won three of his past five UFC fights, including his last trip to the Octagon via unanimous decision against Salim Touahri at UFC Gdansk this past October.

Aliev (14-2) is 1-1 in the UFC. He defeated Bojan Velickovic via split decision at UFC on FOX 22 on Dec. 17, 2016.