Eddie Alvarez has had one hell of a year in 2008. He entered the DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix as the dark horse pick for many, and three incredible performances later, including two fight of the year candidates, he finds himself in the top five of most media outlets’ lightweight rankings.
The Fox News Fight Game roundtable is back this week with discussions on the Dana White-Jon Fitch fiasco, Gina Carano’s career, and Eddie Alvarez is in studio to talk about his career.
More after the jump.
It looks like Eddie Alvarez will be entering another tournament next year. Following a trio of incredible DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix performances, Alvarez will enter the Bellator Fighting Championships eight-man tournament, presumably in the lightweight division, which will begin airing on ESPN Deportes in April 2009. Alvarez confirmed the news to iguillotine.com.
Eddie Alvarez has confirmed today to iguillotine.com that he will indeed be competing on Bellator which will air on ESPN Deportes. “The contract is signed and I got my advance.” according to Alverez who is 15-1 and on a 5 fight win streak.
Where are they going? A week removed from EliteXC’s fall, not one EliteXC fighter is free and clear yet to sign a new deal elsewhere. That doesn’t mean the wheels aren’t turning though. Here’s the latest on a few of the fighters EliteXC left behind.
Of all the fighters signed to EliteXC contracts, Eddie Alvarez seems to have the most options while his Elite contract is stuck in bankruptcy proceedings. According to his manager, Monte Cox, Eddie has two fights remaining on his DREAM contract, and deals with Andrenaline and Extreme Challenge.
No Comments | Filed under: Eddie Alvarez, EliteXC, Gina Carano, Jake Shields, KJ Noons, Kimbo Slice, Paul Daley, Robbie Lawler, Seth PetruzelliWith EliteXC all but officially dead, much of the talk around the MMA community has centered on where EliteXC’s fighters will go. Unfortunately, for the fighters and their fans, many of them likely won’t simply be able to enter free agency.
Mike Chiappetta of NBCSports.com explains.
But now, a good number of those fighters are left in legal limbo. Many had complex contracts that will be seen as assets in any bankruptcy proceedings, meaning they may be on the shelf indefinitely while the company’s assets are divided.
While it’s not known who will be at the mercy of the US legal system at the present time, a few fighters are already speaking up about the situations they’ve all of a sudden found themselves in.
Sam Caplan of Five Oz. published a report earlier today convering the latest additions and possible subtractions to the EliteXC/Showtime Nov. 8 fight card.
Apparently, EliteXC will announce the highly rumored vacant lightweight title fight between Nick Diaz and Eddie Alvarez tonight on CBS. Here’s a quick rundown of the rest.
We’ve been inundated in recent weeks with tons of news and rumors of big fights coming in the next few months. Wanderlei Silva and Rampage Jackson’s third meeting was finally made official earlier today. Eddie Alvarez vs. Nick Diaz is one of EliteXC’s worst kept secrets for their next Showtime card, and Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ definitely wants his chance at redemption against Alistair Overeem on NYE. Three of the fighters involved in these matches recently spoke out on their upcoming fights. Here’s what they had to say.
EliteXC Head of Fight Operations Jeremy Lappen issued a public statement yesterday in regards to Antonio Silva’s positive test for Boldenone. It appears EliteXC will support Silva in his efforts to prove his innocence.
“We respect the California commission and the job they do. We always enjoy working with them and work very well together. The illegal use of steroids is a problem in all major sports, including mixed martial arts. We certainly do not condone the use of steroids.
No Comments | Filed under: Antonio Silva, Eddie Alvarez, EliteXC, EliteXC: Nov. 8, Jeremy Lappen, Kimbo Slice
DREAM.5 took place early Monday morning at Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan. The semi-finals and final round of the lightweight grand prix was featured in the Japanese organization’s fifth outing. Shinya Aoki, Caol Uno, Eddie Alvarez and Tatsuya Kawajiri battled it out to determine who would be the 2008 Lightweight Grand Prix Champion.
Mark Hunt also made his return to mixed martial arts action after a two year layoff against the always dangerous Alistair Overeem.
DREAM.5 results and wrap-up after the jump.
No Comments | Filed under: Alistair Overeem, Caol Uno, DREAM.5, Eddie Alvarez, Joachim Hansen, Mark Hunt, Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri
DREAM.3 is now in the books. Three quarterfinal matches in DREAM’s Lightweight Grand Prix took place as well as a welterweight title contender bout between Nick Diaz and Katsuya Inoue and a middleweight grand prix round match between Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller and Katsuyori Shibata. Melvin Mahoef and Kim Dae Won squared off in a middleweight grand prix reserve bout.
I don’t have HDNet so I didn’t get to see the show in its entirety, but I caught quite a few of the fights on the internet. The fights I saw were very entertaining particularly the one many are calling a fight of the year candidate.
Thoughts and results after the jump.
No Comments | Filed under: Caol Uno, DREAM.3, Eddie Alvarez, Jason 'Mayhem' Miller, Joachim Hansen, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Nick Diaz, Tatsuya Kawajiri
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