The Phenomenon Returns, Joel Alvarez Returns to UFC Tampa

BY JAULAMAGAZINE

Talk about the MMA Spanish involves talking about Joel Alvarez , and in a year 2024 in which Ilia Topuria has become UFC world champion and the sport has risen to new heights thanks to WOW and WAR , there is no better way to close the calendar than with a fight of the Freak national that has been putting on shows since 2013.

Joel Alvarez will be measured at Drakkar Klose with the intention of making a place for himself in the top 15 of the lightweight division, this being the first year since 2020 in which he has managed to chain more than one fight in a calendar year.

In front of him, Alvarez will have an opponent who has managed to string together 4 consecutive wins, but the Spaniard's records and weapons speak for themselves in the face of any doubts about his initial superiority against him. Klose .

And it is that Joel Alvarez He has finished each and every one of his 21 victories inside a cage, and of his three losses, two have been against the cream of the crop in UFC.

The first was in his debut in the promoter against Damir Ismagulov , and the second, against the fighter who in January will challenge Islam Makhachev for the title: Arman Tsarukyan .

So, Joel Alvarez He has everything in his hands to put the icing on the cake for a dream 2024 for national MMA and to show that both his place and that of the sport in Spain are among the best in the world.

The evening will be available to watch on the MAX streaming service from Saturday 14 to Sunday 15 December, starting at 1am.

What is the UFC Tampa final card in which Joel Álvarez fights?

After suffering a change in the main fight of the evening and the postponement of its co-star, the event of UFC Tampa in which he fights Joel Alvarez will offer many other fights that are worth not missing, and this is its complete card, according to the information provided by UFC:

Main poster

• Colby Covington (#6) vs. Joaquin Buckley #9 at welterweight.
• Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo at featherweight.
• Manel Kape #9 vs. Bruno Silva #12 in flyweight.
• Vitor Petrino vs. Dustin Jacoby at light heavyweight.
• Adrian Yanez vs. Daniel Marcos in bantamweight.
• Navajo Stirling vs. Tuco Tokkos at light heavyweight.

Preliminary fights

• Michael Johnson vs. Ottman Azaitar at lightweight.
• Joel Álvarez vs. Drakkar Klose in lightweight.
• Miles Johns vs. Felipe Lima in featherweight.
• Miranda Maverick #12 vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth at flyweight.
• Sean Woodson vs. Fernando Padilla at featherweight.
• Davey Grant vs. Ramon Taveras in bantamweight.
• Josefine Knutsson vs. Piera Rodríguez at strawweight.