", Professional MMA record for Eddie Alvarez, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Alvarez&oldid=983031274, Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople, Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters, Articles with dead external links from October 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Technical Submission (standing rear-naked choke), BodogFIGHT Welterweight Championship (One time; First), MFC Welterweight Championship (One time; First; Last), Reality Fighting Welterweight Championship (One time; First), Lineal MMA Lightweight Championship (Two times), This page was last edited on 11 October 2020, at 20:47. [6], Edward, the son of Louis and Lillian Alvarez, grew up in Kensington, Philadelphia and is of Puerto Rican and Irish descent. [11], He went to Northeast Catholic High School, excelling and becoming a varsity letterman in football, wrestling and track. [10], Eddie has a younger brother, Albert, who is a former mixed martial artist. The former Ufc and Bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez entered this fight with a professional mma record of 29-5-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world. [5] He formerly competed in the UFC and Bellator MMA, winning world titles in both respective promotions, having won the UFC Lightweight Championship once and the Bellator Lightweight World Championship twice. [19], Alvarez entered Bellator's lightweight tournament at Bellator's inaugural event on April 3, 2009. Chandler came in very aggressive in the first round, nearly finishing Alvarez. [56][57][58][59] He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. [63] On December 19, 2018, it was announced that Alvarez faced Timofey Nastyukhin at ONE Championship: A New Era on March 31, 2019 in promotion's inaugural event in Japan. 2008, losing by submission in the first round. [51], In July 2017, it was announced that Alvarez would be a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 26 against former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje. Alvarez slumps down against the cage and Goddard has to call this one off. They trade punches to close out the round. [46] The win also earned Alvarez his first Performance of the Night bonus award. [47], Alvarez made his first title defense against the then UFC Featherweight champion Conor McGregor on November 12, 2016, at UFC 205 in Madison Square Garden in New York City. 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High kick by Poirier is caught, he gets tripped, but is up quickly. For more on Poirier vs. Alvarez 2, check out the play-by-play courtesy of MMA Fighting’s Alexander K. Lee. Flurry between the two ends with Poirier landing a right hand over the top. It doesn’t look like Poirier is in danger. UFC lightweight contenders Eddie Alvarez (29-6, 1 NC) and Dustin Poirier (24-5, 1 NC) locked horns in a much-anticipated rematch in the night’s main event, which aired live on FOX. Alvarez is also known as being the first Lightweight champion in Bellator MMA history. [53] Alvarez won the fight via knockout in the third round. Poirier has to let go of the guillotine choke he’s using to defend. After deciding to leave Bodog, Alvarez quickly found a new home in EliteXC where he competed in their 160-pound division against Ross Ebanez, winning by TKO.[15]. UFC on FOX 30 results: Dustin Poirier def. Lost the BodogFIGHT Welterweight Championship. [50] Poirier rocked Alvarez in the second round, but was subsequently dropped when Alvarez landed two illegal knees while Poirier was against the fence. [8] He paid $250 for a slot in Ring of Combat 5 to start his professional mixed martial arts career in 2003. [39] However, Alvarez pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Donald Cerrone. [18] but that fight was scrapped when EliteXC's parent ProElite closed its doors and filed for bankruptcy. Catch the video highlights below. He fought against Greg Loughran, who landed a left hook which caused Alvarez to buckle his legs. This was the last fight on Alvarez's contract with Bellator and he passed the organization's contractual period of exclusive negotiation. [68], Eddie married his high school sweetheart Jamie in 2008 and they have three sons and a daughter. [33][34], In August 2014, new Bellator MMA president Scott Coker announced that Alvarez had been released from his contract with the promotion. Alvarez was supposed to fight the Season 2 Lightweight Tournament Winner Pat Curran in a defense of his title, but his opponent was pulled from the card due to an injury in his right shoulder.

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