Sam Alvey injured and out of UFC Fight Night 82 bout against Daniel Sarafian Sam Alvey has Endured a broken jaw and has withdrawn from his scheduled Feb. 21 UFC Fight Night 82 with Daniel Sarafian at Pittsburgh.
Alvey (26-7) first broke the news to MMA Latest and this was later confirmed by MMAFighting. Alvey had his three fight winning streak snapped in his last fight because he suffered a first round knockout loss to Derek Brunson at UFC Fight Night 73 in August. The UFC hasn’t named a replacement opponent for Sarafian at this point. UFC Fight Night 82 takes place Feb. 21 at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Fabio Maldonado and seven additional fighters discharged from the UFC MMAFighting.com reports the UFC has cut ties with eight fighters including enthusiast favourte Fabio Maldonado. Along with Maldonado, the UFC has also released Chico Camus, Kevin Souza, Ericka Almeida, Bubba Bush, Mickael Lebout, Vernon Ramos and Jumabieke Tuerxun. Maldonado (22-9) has had an up and down career in the UFC. First he won his promotional introduction finished James McSweeney in 2010, then lost three straight conflicts. Then he won three in a row prior to going 1-4 in his last five fights. Souza (15-4) being released was a small head scratcher. The 31-year older was riding a 10-fight winning series (including three-straight wins in the UFC) before losing to Chas Skelly back in November in UFC Fight Night 77. Along with that, Souza told MMAFighting that he wasn’t told by the UFC in regards to the launch. Camus (14-7) had not won a fight since defeating Brad Pickett in 2014. Lebout (14-5-1, 1 NC) is coming off back to back losses to Sergio Moraes and Steven Ray. Meanwhile Ramos (3-1), Bush (8-3, 1 NC), Almeida (7-2) and Tuerxun (15-3) racked up a combined 0-7 album with one NC at the UFC before being published. Rizin Fighting Federation, Day two: Fedor vs. Singh weigh-in movie Miss the weigh-ins for RIZIN Day two? Here’s who weighed and you grab watch the reply below. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Jaideep Singh Kron Gracie vs Asen Yamamoto Baruto Kaido vs. Peter Aerts Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Andy Souwer Bob Sapp vs. Akebono [Shoot Boxing Rules] Gabi Garcia vs. Lei’d Tapa Soo Chul Kim vs. Maike Linhares Takeru vs. Yang Ming [K-1 Rules] Brennan Ward vs. Ken Hasegawa Muhammad Lawal vs. Teodoras Aukstuolis [GP Tournament Semi-Final] Jiri Prochazka vs. Vadim Nemkov [GP Tournament Semi-Final] RENA vs. Jleana Valentino
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