Middleweight “Smiling” Sam Alvey entered the Octagon at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Saturday (Sunday local time in Australia) for his UFC Fight Night 65 bout against Dan Kelly with “#PerfectTan” sprayed onto his chest.
The spray tan logo showed up prominently on the pale-skinned Alvey and was a violation of company policy.
“Fighters definitely can’t do that. It’s against our policy. You can put your sponsors on your shorts. You can put your sponsors on your banner, but you can’t put sponsors on your body. It was completely off side. We’ve got a policy for that,” said Tom Wright, Managing Director of UFC Operations for Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the event’s post-fight press conference.
Alvey did not have the logo during Friday’s weigh-in and the promotion didn’t become aware of it until just prior to Alvey’s walkout.
“We didn’t see it until before the fight. We tried to do something to remove it. It was unremovable,” explained Wright.
Wright didn’t disclose what disciplinary action Alvey may face, if any, but ensured that it wouldn’t happen again in the future.
“We’ve spoken to Sam. He understands the situation. I guarantee it won’t happen again.”
