December 21, 2024 8:00 am ET
It’s been fairly the strong run for Rafael Alves since he exited the UFC.
After a 1-3 run within the promotion, Brazil’s Alves discovered himself exterior the UFC rather less than a pair years in the past. However 2024 has been yr: Alves went 3-0 beneath the Karate Fight banner.
At Karate Fight 51 on Friday, Alves (21-12 MMA, 1-3 UFC), who received into the UFC by means of Dana White’s Contender Sequence, outpointed fellow UFC veteran Khama Worthy. However earlier than the struggle went to the judges, Alves landed a superb capoeira kick that didn’t take Worthy out, however definitely grew to become a brand new a part of his sizzle reel.
Then he added one other spotlight on the post-fight microphone with Din Thomas and proposed to his girlfriend, who stated sure.
Together with Thursday’s double whammy, Alves’ spotlight reel contains one of many knockouts of the yr when he landed a sickening swap kick to the face towards James Vick for a stiffening end. Try Alves’ kick towards Worthy from a number of angles beneath, in addition to his proposal.
What a KICK from Rafael Alves!
KC51 is on full blast and the fighters are going CRAZY within the pit.
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— Karate Fight (@KarateCombat) December 20, 2024
🔥| Rafael Alves dropps Khama Worthy with a WILD CAPOEIRA KICK en path to a unanimous determination victory at Karate Fight 51. 👀👏 #KC51
Second video is gradual mo. pic.twitter.com/mUqC5XZGV2
— Parry Punch (@ParryPunchNews) December 20, 2024
ALVES GETS THE WIN & THE GIRL!
This isn’t the primary time we’ve seen a proposal after a victory contained in the pit. 💍
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— Karate Fight (@KarateCombat) December 20, 2024
Alves’ DWCS win got here in August 2020, however his UFC debut wasn’t till Could 2021. A scheduled struggle towards Pat Sabatini was scrapped three months prior when Alves got here to the struggle round 12 kilos greater than the featherweight restrict.
Suffice it to say, when he did debut within the UFC, it was at light-weight, the place he dropped fights to Damir Ismagulov, Drew Dober and Nurullo Aliev, however did have a first-round submission of Marc Diakiese.
After an MMA win for Peak Combating in 2023, Alves has targeted on karate in 2024 and has wins over three UFC vets: Efrain Escudero, Vick and Thursday’s ‘W’ towards Worthy. All three of these matchups occurred at 170 kilos.
Look again at his KO of Vick beneath:
🥋Rafael Alves (@rafael_theturn) lastly returns to the Karate Fight Pit this Thursday towards Khama Worthy #KC51
(🎥: @KarateCombat) — COMBAT SPORTS TODAY (@CSTodayNews) December 16, 2024
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