Over eight years faraway from UFC 205, Eddie Alvarez remains to be annoyed by his loss to Conor McGregor.
‘The Underground King’ was the b-side of one of many UFC’s largest pay-per-views ever in November 2016. Months faraway from a knockout win over Rafael dos Anjos to win light-weight gold, Eddie Alvarez met Conor McGregor. ‘The Infamous’ was within the midst of his sensational run, the reigning featherweight champion and contemporary off a win over Nate Diaz.
The Irishman was granted the chance to turn out to be a two-weight UFC champion in late 2016. Whereas the betting odds had been shut, the battle itself wasn’t. Eddie Alvarez was dropped early within the first spherical and by no means recovered. After a number of knockdowns, Conor McGregor completed the light-weight legend halfway by the second spherical.
Nearly a decade later, Eddie Alvarez nonetheless has quite a lot of regrets about that evening in New York Metropolis. Talking in a current interview with MMA Preventing, ‘The Underground King’ mirrored on the bout. There, Alvarez admitted that the battle nonetheless frustrates him. The 40-year-old has at all times thought of himself somebody who exhibits up when the lights are the brightest.
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Eddie Alvarez displays on notorious UFC title battle with Conor McGregor
Nonetheless, he didn’t present up that evening towards Conor McGregor. Whereas that also frustrates Alvarez, he believes that he has the prospect to proper the fallacious later this month in his hometown of Philadelphia. A win over Jeremy Stephens within the BKFC ring gained’t be a win over ‘The Infamous’, however it’ll nonetheless really feel nice to the previous UFC champion.
“There’s been one time and all people is aware of the Conor battle the place I went into considerably close to my hometown and I didn’t up.” Eddie Alvarez acknowledged within the interview, reflecting on his UFC 205 loss to Conor McGregor. “That was in all probability the one time that basically shocked even myself. As a result of all through my complete profession, dwelling or anyplace close by, at any time when that highlight’s on me and at any time when the stakes are massive, that’s once I present up massive.”
He continued, “I’ll have the ability to make it as much as my Philadelphia followers. Look, I obtained my shot at Madison Sq. Backyard. I hated the best way I carried out. I hate every little thing about it. However there’s just one stadium higher than Madison Sq. Backyard and that’s the Wells Fargo[Center] in Philadelphia. (h/t MMA Preventing)
What do you make of those feedback from the previous UFC champion? Are you excited for Eddie Alvarez’s BKFC return towards Jeremy Stephens later this month?
