Sam Alvey has pulled out of his co-main event fight against Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua next month at UFC São Paulo.
Combate first reported the news. The report states Alvey pulled out of the fight for an undisclosed reason. It’s understood that Rua is hoping to get a new opponent and remain the São Paulo card.
Alvey (33-13, 1NC) is currently on a three-fight losing streak for the first time ever in his MMA career. Losing a decision to Klidson Abreu in July and suffering a KO loss to Jimmy Crute at the beginning of the year, the 33-year-old also lost to “Minotouro” Nogueira in November last year.