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If there was ever a fighter that knows about title belts, it's Eddie Alvarez.
This is because he’s the only fighter to ever hold both the UFC and Bellator lightweight titles.
Along the way, he’s defeated an extraordinary number of former champs which include Rafael dos Anjos (UFC), Anthony Pettis (UFC and WEC), Michael Chandler (Bellator), Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce) and his most recent victory against Justin Gaethje (WSOF).
Alvarez doesn't really see the value in titles anymore because he has held so many of them, he wants a title that will really mean something and this is why he's taken the self-proclaimed title of Most Violent Fighter and the belt to go with it. Nobody can doubt that he certainly made a convincing case with his Fight of the Year-contender win over Gaethje in Detroit at UFC 218.
“I want the best fights, I want them to be violent, and I want the fans to be jumping and screaming the same way they were on Dec. 2 in Detroit,” Alvarez said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “That felt good to me, so I want to continue to feel good about the fights that I’m in.”
Alvarez is a very talented and clever fighter, there's a reason behind everything he does, including this publicity stunt. Alvarez understands that there's a huge bottleneck in the UFC lightweight division. He has to face the fact that Conor McGregor is the champion, and may be for a long time. Its shameful McGregor hasn’t had to defend the title since winning it from Alvarez 13 months ago. McGregor is in no rush to defend it, I mean, why would he be?
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To further prove my point, the UFC also awarded an interim belt to Tony Ferguson in October for a win he received over Kevin Lee. But Ferguson just had elbow surgery and is unable to fight at the moment. Beyond that he is most likely holding out to fight McGregor next anyway.
“I’m a realist,” Alvarez said. “My eye’s always on that gold belt. I feel like I f*cked up, I lost my belt, and I’m pissed about it. But I’m being realistic. I can’t, we can’t make Conor get back in there, he’s going to ask for certain things, it’s gonna take awhile for that guy to defend that. Tony is waiting for Conor. Tony is going to sit, he’s gonna wait for that Conor fight and try to get that big payday.”
So Alvarez has taken matters into his own hands! Refusing to let the UFC’s title mess cause impeed his career, he'll defend his new self proclaimed MVF title and continue to defend it. Fans want to see the carnage and Alvarez is happy to face off with anyone in his league.
“Right now, sh*t just isn’t defined with the title,” Alvarez said. “And to be honest, there’s not a lot of value in it. What value is in it? There’s an interim guy who beat the No. 7 guy to become the champion. That’s not a champion. You can’t bring the No. 7 ranked guy in and then put him against the No 1 contender and he beats him and says now you’re the champion. That’s silly in any organization, any sport, anything. So the champion isn’t defending. So now the value of the belt loses its value. So for me I’m like, let’s make another belt, whoever is the Most Violent. We can make up whatever belts we want.”
Sources:
https://www.mmafighting.com
https://www.bloodyelbow.com
Eddie Alvarez is a beast! It's nice to see him get some respect back after his loss to McGregor, the fight with Gaethje was the best fight on the 218 card!
Chael Sonnen said on his podcast after the fight he'd like to see the UFC make an actual "Most violent fighter" title belt. The way they did the "money belt" for Mayweather/McGregor.
i liked in your post dear
I like that!
Also that reminds me of Mike Tyson's interview about his belts of the past,
"at one time it meant a lot when you're just a young kid this was everything to you, but then you realize that your priorities change and you just want your children to be happy and do nice things and that makes you happy these are just nothing."
Yep.