Livest Dog at UFN Sao Paulo: Warlley Alves

Alan Draper

Sports Editor

September 4 2019 1 min read

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 01: Warlley Alves of Brazil defeats Nordine Taleb of France in their welterweight bout during the UFC 190 Rousey v Correia at HSBC Arena on August 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) — RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 01: Warlley Alves of Brazil defeats Nordine Taleb of France in their welterweight bout during the UFC 190 Rousey v Correia at HSBC Arena on August 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Name: Warlley Alves

Opponent: Kamaru Usman

Odds: +186 (bet $100 to win $186)

Wow, how short the attention span is of oddsmakers. You may be hot for your whole career, but lose once and they forget what a great fighter you were. This is totally the case for Warlley Alves, who steamrolled wrestling/grappling star Colby Covington and tapped him to a guillotine – giving him his first and only loss. Alves used that win to propel his win streak to 10 fights, which was then ended by prospect-killer Bryan Barberena. While that loss was likely to sting, it’s no reason to make such a talented grappler a 2-to-1 underdog in his next time out.