Welcome to Karate Combat @smilensam!!
With a background in karate, Sam has always been a fan favourite
and is known to throw down. He will make his debut in the Pit on
September 16th in the Dominican Republic. 🥋 pic.twitter.com/VQwHipLP2s— Karate Combat (@KarateCombat)
August 28, 2023
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Longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Sam Alvey has
a new combat sports home.
Karate Combat, a full contact
striking league with eight weight classes, announced on Monday that
Alvey has signed with the organization for a Sept. 16 debut in the
Dominican Republic. An opponent was not revealed.
“With a background in karate, Sam has always been a fan favorite
and is known to throw down,” read a statement from Karate Combat on
social media.
Alvey famously exited the UFC following an 0-8-1 streak that lasted
from September 2018 until August 2022. Overall, “Smile’n Sam” went
10-13-1 in the Las Vegas-based promotion with notable wins against
the likes of Rashad
Evans and Nate
Marquardt. He is 34-18-1 over the course of an MMA tenure that
began in 2008.
Alvey returned to the win column this past May, when he defeated
Cameron
Graham via third-round TKO at B2 Fight Series 183 in Columbus,
Georgia.