Sam Alvey News

Chris Taylor - June 1, 2018

A fight between Sam Alvey and Gian Villante kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 131 main card from Utica, New York. Round one begins and Villante presses the action early. He lands a kick to the body. Alvey circles but Gian fires off another kick that connects. Alvey is moving along the fence. He throws a low kick which lands. Gian lands one of his own. Villante with a high kick which is blocked. Sam circles off of the fence. Villante continues to walk forward. He throws a jab. Alvey attempts to counter but misses. Gian with a decent right hand up the middle. He continues to press the pace on Alvey. “Smiling Sam” throws a big left that misses the mark. Villante with a leg kick and then one to the body. He appears to be very loose. A high kick partially connects for Gian. Alvey finally begins to come forward now. He can’t continue to be walked down by Villante. Gian fires off a low kick that connects to the groin of Alvey and we have a break in the action. Alvey recovers and we restart. Alvey just misses with a left hand. He throws another that connects and drops Gian. Villante pops right back up but Sam is all over him with punches. Villante survives as the horn sounds to end round one.

Tom Taylor - October 19, 2017

Weight-cutting is an extremely controversial topic in combat sports. After “The Motown Phenom” Kevin Lee endured a massive, 21-pound cut ahead of his recent UFC 216 showdown with Tony Ferguson, this topic became more controversial than ever. Now, that trend should continue, as UFC middleweight Sam Alvey is enduring an absolutely gargantuan cut ahead of his Saturday UFC Gdansk showdown with Ramazan Emeev.  Alvey accepted this Gdansk scrap with Emeev on short notice, when Emeev’s original opponent Trevor Smith withdrew from the fight. During a recent media scrum in Gdansk, Alvey admitted that when he accepted this short notice fight, he was “north of 220” pounds. He’ll now have to find a way to get down to the middleweight limit’s 186-pound limit in time for tomorrow’s weigh-ins.

Chris Taylor - August 6, 2017

UFC middleweight standout “Smiling” Sam Alvey picked up this biggest win of his mixed martial arts career at last night’s UFC Fight Night 114 event in Mexico City, defeating former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans via split-decision. Following his victory over “Suga”, Alvey proceeded to callout another former UFC champion in Vitor Belfort.

Tom Taylor - August 6, 2017

Last night, on the main card of the UFC’s latest trip Mexico City, Mexico, middling middleweight contender Sam Alvey picked up one of the biggest wins of his career, out-duelling former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans to a slow, but commendable split decision win. It did not take long for Alvey, who trains under the tutelage of MMA legend Dan Henderson, to call out the fighter he hopes to take on next: Vitor Belfort. Alvey made this callout in a conversation with MMAFighting.com, explaining that he hopes to defeat as many of Henderson’s former foils as possible on a “2017 vengeance tour.”