Warlley Alves is a professional Mixed martial artist from Brazil who is signed to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Alves is the winner of The Ultimate Fighter; Brazil 3 Middleweight tournament, is also a three-time Brazilian kickboxing champion and has 12 gold medals in other kickboxing championships.
Warlley Alves was born on January 4, 1991, in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He holds a Brazilian nationality. His mother's name is Sirlane Alves.
During the UFC 190, Warlley Alves received $32,500 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 win bonus, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship) after defeating Nordine Taleb while Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira received the highest amount $260,000 in the tournament.
Alves received the paycheque of $28,500 ($26,000 to show, $2,500 Reebok sponsorship) on the UFC 198.
Alves earned $5,000 on November 19, 2016, at the UFC Fight Night 100. He collected $51,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 win bonus, $5,000 Reebok sponsorship) from UFC Fight Night 118 where he won against Salim Touahri on October 21, 2017.
His UFC career earning until 2018 is reported to be $233,200. However, his current net worth and salary is yet to be disclosed.
Alves began his career when he was 10. He announced that he was selected to be a participant on The Ultimate Fighter; Brazil 3 on February 26, 2014.
His first match came on March 9, 2014, in a win against Wendell Oliveira. He also won his second fight against Ismael de Jesus via KO.
Alves was defeated by Wagner Silva by submission (guillotine choke) in the event of The Ultimate Fighter; Brazil 3 on May 18, 2014.
He has participated in numerous tournaments including Celeiro Combat 3, GF - Fight Pavilion Special Edition 2, Jungle Fight 44, Jungle Fight 53 and Jungle Fight 56.
Alves made his debut against Márcio Alexandre Jr. on May 31, 2014, in The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado. He became the Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 Middleweight Tournament winner and was awarded the Performance of the Night as well.
On August 1, 2015, Alves won with Submission (guillotine choke) against Nordine Taleb in UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He later faced Bryan Barberena where he won via unanimous decision on May 14, 2016, at Curitiba, Brazil.
Alves's favorite striking technique is Kickboxing and favorite grappling technique is Wrestling.
Warlley Alves is married to his wife since October 1, 2017. So far, he hasn’t introduced his wife in front of media. However, he has shared some of the moments of his wedding on Instagram.
He is active on Instagram with 24.4k followers and often shared numerous memorable moments on social networking sites.
Alves shared a lot of pictures with a child who might be his daughter, but he hasn’t revealed anything about his relationships and children. Alves has a standing height of 5 ft. 11 inches and weighs around 77kg.
