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Eddie Alvarez overcame what looked like an injury to his leg to find the first-round submission victory over the veteran Eduard Folayang. To his credit, the fan-favourite Folayang was able to time a perfect leg-kick to knock The Underground King completely off-balance, leaving him floored with what appeared to be an injury. Raining down on him with a barrage of …

Eddie Alvarez’s disastrous ONE Championship debut saw him sustain an injury to his eye that left him in a uniquely distracted state inside the cage. Alvarez could not have entered his new home in Asia with a rougher opening matchup than the one Timofey Nastyukin was able to greet him with at ONE Championship: A New Era in March. The …

Shocking scenes in the ONE Championship lightweight grand-prix as superstar debutant Eddie Alvarez was beaten down by Timofey Nastyukhin. This one did not go according to plan at all for The Underground King. Outgunned from the get-go, Alvarez quite frankly looked out of sorts as his opponent Nastyukhin started to find his range with some powerful shots early on. From …

ONE Championship have reportedly put pen to paper on a three-year broadcast deal with Turner Sports according to word coming from ESPN. ESPN reported today that the ever-growing Asian MMA promotion will be making their move into the US market as early as next January. It’s the logical next step after Chatri Sityodtong’s recent spree of signings – a spree that saw …

ONE Championship has made yet another big play, announcing grand-prix tournaments for both their flyweight and lightweight divisions. The Asian promotion have done everything in their power to elevate their status within the MMA world in recent times with marquee signings like Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson. Competition across the field is always a healthy thing for the sport as …

The former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has claimed that his new deal with ONE FC will see him receive a guaranteed eight-figures. When Eddie announced to the world that he was testing the waters of free-agency, the reaction from the fans was a testament to the status he has built for himself over the years. The man has been …

The legendary former UFC and Bellator champion Eddie Alvarez is reportedly close to being unveiled as ONE Championship’s latest marquee signing. ONE FC has quietly become recognized as the world’s biggest mixed martial arts promotion in terms of its reach – broadcasting to over 1 billion homes in 138 countries. As Asia’s largest sports media property, it has been able …

Eddie Alvarez has given the world an insight into what it is like to be inside the octagon with Conor McGregor ahead of UFC 229 this weekend. Fight-week has well and truly taken hold and with such a massive occasion set to get underway on Saturday night, the MMA world has been inundated with fresh and interesting perspectives on what …

With the first press conference between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor set, relive the last time he took part in a pre-fight presser. Oh, what a time to be alive! Last night came the news that both of the men featured in the UFC 229 main-event would be taking part in a pre-fight press conference next week. It really did …

Michael Chandler has called on Eddie Alvarez to fight him one more time to close out their legendary trilogy. Two fights, one win apiece, and one potentially unmissable spectacle now within our grasp. Bellator’s Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez went to war on two separate occasions in a pair of showdowns that fully deserved the ‘instant-classic’ label they were assigned …

The UFC president spoke to the media recently and made it clear that re-signing the former 155lb champion Eddie Alvarez isn’t exactly a massive priority for the UFC. UFC Calgary’s main-event headliner between Dustin Poirier and Alvarez was a well-received, albeit controversial, second encounter between two of the most game fighters in the UFC. There was a reset by referee Marc …

Eddie Alvarez lived up to his reputation as one of the sport’s most game fighters with his valiant but ultimately unsuccessful effort against Dustin Poirier last weekend. For those of us who have have been knee-deep in the sport for years, we could’ve told you exactly how well Alvarez epitomizes the term ‘fighter’ long before he ever joined the UFC. Plying …

Dustin Poirier managed to get a finish in his thrilling UFC Calgary main-event rematch against Eddie Alvarez. When ‘The Diamond’ first crossed paths with ‘The Underground King’, the resulting matchup was a stunning display of heart and violence by both competitors. Poirier seemed to have done enough to put his man away at UFC 211 but against all odds, Eddie …

We break down the stakes as two of the UFC’s most violent men meet in a rematch of their UFC 211 thriller at UFC Calgary tonight. UFC Calgary is finally upon us and with that, we take a look at what exactly is on the line as its headlining matchup draws closer.   Eddie Alvarez in three words: Gritty, Experienced, Underdog …

UFC Calgary is about as stacked a fight-card as you could ever hope for and in its main-event, we’re getting treated to an absolutely incredible rematch. Eddie Alvarez really did look as though he was about to be finished by his UFC 211 opponent Dustin Poirier in the third-round of their first meeting but against all odds, he managed to …