Eddie Alvarez as champ

CerebralKnievel said:
I agree that Chandler probably won that one 3-2, but I also loved Pride method of scoring, and given how Eddie practically beat Michael to death just before the final bell, I was happy that he took the victory. An all time great fight within the sport.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I feel the same way about all of this, and it's why I wasn't really upset about the Chandler 2 decision being wrong.
 
Khabib Khanate said:
He was an elite, top 5 LW for around a decade. Arguably past his prime by the time he came to the UFC. I think it was the 2008 Dream LW tournament that really put him on the map, there he beat Kawajiri and Joachim Hansen who at the time were great wins at LW though he did get tapped by Aoki in the finals. He was only the #1 LW for a short amount of time but in terms of the number of top wins and his longevity he stands out at LW, should be considered among the GOAT of that division
Click to expand...


More or less sums up my point of view.

People get some recency bias with Alvarez - by the time he fought Conor he was likely out of his physical prime. A lot of mileage by 2016 which was 13 years into fighting professionally.

Throughout his peak years Eddie is an all-time great for lightweight, hands down.
 
The Underground King -cult hero and legend. I loved watching him fight. Not followed his career nuchbsikcr he went to ONE but I read the move has been lucrative. Delighted for him.
 
He beat Gaetche after the Conor fight. He was good at that time and really experienced.. but Conor was a bad matchup for him no doubt.
 
The's 30 and 8 and has not had an easy fight in his last 12 fights. I'm always a rooting for him
 
He only won the belt because RDA was so sick he shouldn't have fought. He collapsed backstage during warmups. If he was healthy he'd have demolished Eddie and Conor straight after
 
Paracetamol said:
Not quite, he did have a war with Kawajiri in the semi-finals where he had to retire from the tournament because of injury. Hansen (who he beat 2 months prior) took his spot in the final (same day as the semi-final) where Hellboy upset TKO'd Aoki in one of the most feel-good moments in MMA. Alvarez was subbed by Aoki at a different event after the tournament.

But yeah thats where I remember him mostly from, during that time he was easily one of the very best LW's in the world. Many people favoured him in a potential superfight clash with BJ Penn.
Click to expand...

Thats actually a fight I never considered. I always liked Alvarez but I think BJ would have smoked him
 
Eddie was the man. Top LW for years and years. Didnt deserve the Pettis or Melendez decisions, and loses to RDA most nights (especially the version of dos Anjos he fought), but im glad he touched UFC gold.

He could've done much, much better against Conor than he did. To say the least
 
I like eddie alverez a LOT!!!! He is a warrior and when he fights he comes to swang and bang 90s style. For as much as people talk crap about Chael style lay and pray fighters or technical point fighters like GSP I've noticed guys who come to bang and stand in the pocket trading like a warrior get no love here. He has the will and strength to get into a slug fest and take guys into deep waters and I respect that.
 
Alvarez is an all time great LW, I'd say top 5, he has a stacked resume and won belts in two major promotions. It's unfortunate people only remember him for his performance against Conor as he had a hell of a career.
 
its crazy how historically deep that div was/is. I remember in that Dream tourney,Eddie suddenly looked like a world beater. Then later on he struggled against other top names who emerged over the years.
 
The reason people rate him so different is basically UFC fans on the one side who only know his UFC fights and mma fans who know the whole career of Alvarez.

By the time he went to UFC he was past prime which was quite obvious in his last Bellator fight. Had lost a step in speed. If you look how much he had fought before and in how many wars he had been since a young age that was no wonder.
 
Eddie gets a lot of shit for the Conor fight but let’s be honest here, nobody was beating McGregor on that night apart from Khabib.
 
humdizzle said:
kinda just right place at the right time. he beat chandler in bellator and came to the ufc

lost to cerrone
split dec over giblert
split dec over pettis
then demolished RDA in the title fight.

since then has looked pretty terrible. in his prime he was arguably on the best LWs of his era.
Click to expand...
His win over Chandler was a split decision as well. He had a Bendo level run leading up to the Dos Anjos fight lol.
 
humdizzle said:
kinda just right place at the right time. he beat chandler in bellator and came to the ufc

lost to cerrone
split dec over giblert
split dec over pettis
then demolished RDA in the title fight.

since then has looked pretty terrible. in his prime he was arguably on the best LWs of his era.
Click to expand...
That RDA stoppage was terrible.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
1,280,626
Messages
58,306,669
Members
176,000
Latest member
Furigo94

Share this page

Back
Top