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Eddie Alvarez Trashes ‘Foolish’ Comments From Dustin Poirier

Eddie Alvarez has responded.

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Former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has fired back at his next opponent over some of the comments that Dustin Poirier has made in the public eye during interviews with the media which Alvarez believes to be totally false due to the fact that Poirier has stated some unpleasant words stemming from their first encounter.

However, make no mistake about it, Alvarez understands the importance of this fight and made it clear that he won’t make the mistake of having it leak over into a personal grudge because he believes that is not the right move.

Despite the fact that in his eyes, Poirier’s disdain for him as a person going into this fight might be in poor taste, Alvarez won’t go there heading into this fight at the upcoming UFC on FOX 30 event.

“We do what we do, but if that’s the perception he gets, I think that’s just from one fight, from one experience, from one tweet,” Alvarez told reporters, including MMAjunkie, at UFC on FOX 30 open workouts Wednesday. “I respect everything this man’s done. Everybody who’s on this journey in the lightweight division, everybody’s tough. Dustin’s went against the best guys, put on hell of fights. He’d be a fool to think that about me. He don’t know me. Personally for him to say, ‘I don’t like him personally,’ that’s foolish. He don’t know me personally.”

“I think Poirier’s more of an undercard fighter (with) three five-minute rounds,” Alvarez said. “I think it’s very easy to get in that habit and used to that. I consider it a vacation or a night off when the UFC allows me to be on an undercard on a three five-minute round fight. That is a blessing for me. I love that. It takes years off my life.”

Alvarez and Poirier have fought once before as their first took place at UFC 211 last May that resulted in a no contest. In previous interviews, Alvarez hasn’t been too high on a rematch. One of the problems of making this fight happen was the fact that the former UFC lightweight champion wanted a new contract before accepting his next bout and fighting inside of the Octagon as he only has one fight left on his deal.

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Dustin Poirier Is ‘100 Percent Positive’ He’ll Get Title Shot After Beating Alvarez

Conor McGregor could throw a wrench in these plans.

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Dustin Poirier knows he’s on the cusp of a lightweight title shot.

The surging veteran believes a win over former champ Eddie Alvarez in the main event of this weekend’s (Sat., July 28, 2018) UFC on FOX 30 from the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary will finally earn him his elusive title shot, a fight he’s been fixated on since making his way to the 155-pound division more than three years ago.

With seven victories in his past eight fights, you’d be hard-pressed to argue with him in that regard, yet anything is certain in the currently in-flux UFC 155-pound title picture. Speaking about his fighting future with ESPN heading into the biggest bout of his career, Poirier admitted that on paper his record would state that he’s earned a title shot, but the insanity of his division has him fighting to prove he’s worthy of a shot at the belt:

“If someone would have asked me three years ago if I would have fought for a belt by now, winning seven of eight, I definitely would have said yes. This division is crazy. After this weekend, when I do get my title shot, nobody can say I didn’t earn it.”

And although he’s correct in stating that the stacked lightweight title picture is unclear right now, Poirier still believes a win over Alvarez, which would give him four straight over former champions, will “one hundred percent” earn him a title shot. “The Diamond” focused on the fact that he’s not just beating these former champs, but finishing them off in brutal displays of violence:

“I’m positive I will get a title shot after this. I am 100 percent positive,” Poirier said. “This will be my fourth fight in a row against a world champion. Alvarez, [Anthony] Pettis, [Justin] Gaethje and Alvarez again.

“And I’m not just beating these guys,” said Poirier, “I’m punishing these guys.”

There’s certainly at least some degree of title implications on the line in Poirier’s main event rematch with Alvarez this weekend, with current champion Khabib Nurmagomedov set to be present at the Canadian event for a Q&A session with fans on weigh-in day. But with former champion Conor McGregor rumored to resolve his assault charges in Brooklyn, NY, tomorrow, it’s plain to see the next shot could go to the Irish superstar.

Still, Poirier insists he won’t fight again in 2018 unless the belt is on the line:

“The only way I’ll fight again this year is if a gold belt is on the line.”

‘The Diamond’ will have to get past Alvarez first, however, and he’s bringing some bad blood into their rematch after the former champion nailed him with an illegal knee that caused their first match-up at UFC 211 to be declared a no contest. He was respectful of his foe at the time, but that dissipated when Alvarez began calling him out on social media:

“I have less respect for him as a person than I did going into the first one,” Poirier said. “When you saw me tell the crowd last year in Dallas to stop booing Eddie, that was real. I thought in the heat of the moment he made a mistake. But the way those Twitter fingers started running after the fight, saying things like I wanted out — come on. Look at what I’ve done in the fights I’ve been in. Why would I want out of a fight that I was punishing you in? The stuff he said really made me lose respect.”

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Eddie Alvarez Reveals Why He Didn’t Re-Sign With UFC Before Next Fight

Eddie Alvarez has sounded off.

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Former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez changed his tune on wanting a new contract with the promotion.

For months, UFC wanted to get Alvarez back inside of the octagon, but Alvarez had stated he won’t be doing that without a new deal due to the fact that he is on the last fight of his current contract with the promotion and wants a new deal before he fights again, which is understandable but UFC President Dana White didn’t really care about that as he wanted to book his fight right away.

Thus, this led to the Las Vegas-based promotion booking the former UFC champion against top contender Dustin Poirier at the upcoming UFC on FOX 30 event and now, Alvarez has opened up to Luke Thomas during a recent appearance on MMAFighting.com‘s “The MMA Hour” about why he decided to take a gamble on his future by accepting this fight.

“I think we’d get a deal done for sure,” Alvarez said (transcript courtesy of MMANews). We’re just not there yet. I know with the UFC, you never know when you strike a deal. But I’m patient. I’ve learned to be patient, because in the past I’ve gotten ahead of myself and maybe left a lot of money on the table. I don’t know.

I think what’s fair is fair and every fighter, it’s a very individual thing, how much each fighter deserves and should get paid. I think I bring a lot of value and when I fight I make this company a lot of money and I make a lot of fans excited. I want to be shared with a little bit more than what I’m being shared with. That’s all.”

The event, also known as UFC Calgary, is set to take place on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The main card will air on FOX at 8 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 at 6 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 4 p.m. ET.

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