Is Alvarez the most uninteresting title challenger at LW for a long time?

[LHWBelt]

Sure he's a top fighter but his last 3 fights have been extremely underwhelming. Is anyone actually excited for this fight? If yes, why?

I'm pretty interested. His last 3 fights haven't put him in the best light but that's not the reason I'm interested. I'm interested because I don't think there's a LW in the world Alvarez doesn't have a chance against. Dude is 27-4 and has beaten Hansen, Kawajiri, Kikuno, Huerta, Curran, Aoki, Pitbull, Chandler, Melendez, and Pettis. Whether you liked how he beat Melendez and Pettis or not he beat them. That's a hell of a resume. Everyone he's lost to is pretty good as well.

 

[skysolo]

No one wanted Dos Anjos to face Pettis. They wanted Cerrone and Khabib. And Pettis was 600 favorite.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Im cool with it actually, at least its a fresh matchup and Alvarez wont be able to get away with being boring....I hope.

 

[caxias]

Alvarez is a stylistic nightmare for RDA.

 

[jumasterflex]

Man I remember everyone was b itching away about his performance and somewhat questionable decision against Pettis. I think people forgotten this because I wasn't happy with him getting a title shot and for a while it seemed I was the only one who thought that at the time I thought Khabib or Tony or heck nate was more deserving then Eddie ...o well he's going to get whooped maybe this time his chin wI'll give

 

[Squintz]

I'm excited because he HAS to bring it this fight. RDA likes to press forward and engage so Alvarez won't be able to coast.

Plus it's for the fucking belt and it may be his only chance so he better show up. It's debatable whether he deserves this shot but that's neither here nor there. Lose in boring fashion and its to the end of the line. Lose in exciting fashion and he may get another shot down the the line. If he miraculously wins it means he had put on a show.

 

[The Accuser]

Big fan of RDA but yes, Eddie as a challenger doesn't spark much interest with me.

 

[AtaTheCrow]

Not less interesting than Gray when he challenged for the belt the first time. Was being booed hard after Kenflo title eliminator and the fights prior was shit too (nate shouldve got decision). And we all know how that title fight with Frankie turned out, one of the GOAT LW fights. Point is unless the guy is like Rosholt u cant count out some fun stuff happening. Especially with a guy like Eddie Alvarez who is a gamer, a top 10 LW of alltime, and has been a part of some of the greatest fights in LW history (kawajiri, hellboy, Chandler 1 and 2)

So true!

 

[megaton]

What happened to Alverz, he started off with so many stoppages then slowed down as he went to Bellator then to ufc. I wonder if it was the stiffer competition or drug testing maybe.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Alexis Davis is the winner. She had a boring personality, boring style, and never stood a chance. Bethe was bad, but at least did some promoting of her title challenge.

Agreed. Alexis Davis was the only title contender I can EVER remember where I legitimately couldn't think of a single way she could win or even give the champion a fight.

 

[Zefram Cochrane]

No

One of the most interesting--Cowboy vs RDA--turned out to be a dud. So never count anyone out.

This^, not to mention that Alvarez can bring a fight

 

[Diavolo222]

Rofl these fucking new mma fans are fucking amazing. WAR fucking EDDIE.

 

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