MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR WEDNESDAY: ALVEY INJURED, MALDONADO AMONG LATEST UFC CUTS, RIZIN DAY 2 WEIGH-IN RESULTS
Sam Alvey injured and from UFC Fight Night 82 bout against Daniel Sarafian Sam Alvey has Endured a broken jaw and has withdrawn from his scheduled Feb. 21 UFC Fight Night 82 with Daniel Sarafian in Pittsburgh.
Alvey (26-7) first broke the news to MMA Newest and this was afterwards confirmed by MMAFighting. Alvey needed his three battle winning streak snapped in his last fight as he suffered a first round knockout loss to Derek Brunson in UFC Fight Night 73 in August. The UFC hasn’t named a replacement opponent for Sarafian at this point. UFC Fight Night 82 occurs Feb. 21 in Consol Energy Center at Pittsburgh. Fabio Maldonado and seven other fighters released from the UFC MMAFighting.com reports that the UFC has cut ties with eight fighters including enthusiast favourte Fabio Maldonado. In addition to 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 fights. Then he won three in a row prior to going 1-4 in his last five fights. Souza (15-4) being released was a bit of a head scratcher. The 31-year older has been riding a 10-fight winning streak (including three-straight wins in the UFC) before losing to Chas Skelly back in November at UFC Fight Night 77. Along with this, Souza told MMAFighting that he was not told from the UFC about the launch. Camus (14-7) had not won a fight since defeating Brad Pickett at 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 record with one NC at the UFC prior to being released. Rizin Struggling Federation, Day 2: Fedor vs. Singh weigh-in video Miss the weigh-ins for RIZIN Day two? Here is who weighed in 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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