To win his gold, Khabib beat a real estate agent and a guy with 1 LW win (mind you, over someone not even in the promotion anymore who just lost to a nobody)!!
One Championship: Eddie Alvarez’s eye ‘exploded from the inside’ – punch ‘instantly blinded me’, says former UFC champion
Only one mixed martial artist has captured titles in both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bellator MMA: Alvarez. Easily one of the most accomplished lightweights of all-time, the Philadelphia native laid claim to a handful of regional championships, advanced to the 2008 Dream lightweight grand prix semifinals and won 15 of his first 17 pro bouts before touching down in Bellator in April 2009 -- a run that included victories over
Aaron Riley,
Joachim Hansen and
Tatsuya Kawajiri. Alvarez went 9-1 in Bellator, twice becoming lightweight champion while besting the likes of
Pat Curran,
Shinya Aoki,
Patricky Freire,
Michael Chandler and
Roger Huerta. He packed his bags for the UFC in 2014 and lost his promotional debut to
Donald Cerrone before posting back-to-back victories over
Gilbert Melendez and
Anthony Pettis. Alvarez then challenged
Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight championship at UFC Fight Night 90 and stopped the favored Brazilian with punches 3:49 into the first round. The 33-year-old surrendered the title to
Conor McGregor at UFC 205 on Nov. 12, and though his stay at the top was brief, he remains one of the top 155-pound fighters in the game today.
https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/8/Sherdogs-Top-10-Lightweights-of-AllTime-118077
THE 10: BEST LIGHTWEIGHTS IN UFC HISTORY
Yes, Alvarez has only made seven appearances in the Octagon, but have you checked out who he’s faced?
In order, “The Underground King” has fought Donald Cerrone, Gilbert Melendez, Anthony Pettis, Rafael Dos Anjos, Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje.
That’s three(
now 4) UFC champions, a Strikeforce titleholder, the one and only lightweight champ in WSOF history and a perennial contender. He went 4-2 with one no contest against that crew and won the lightweight title himself.
Wins and losses are always important, but sometimes, you have to look beyond the results and focus on the quality of competition and there are few fighters in UFC history who have faced the Murderer’s Row Alvarez has battled over his first seven trips into the Octagon.
https://www.ufc.com/news/10-best-lightweights-ufc-history
The title of "Most Violent Man" in the UFC has been settled.