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Frankie Edgar & Coach Discuss Training With Magomedsharipov Brothers Ahead Of UFC 240

Frankie Edgar is more than happy to have Zabit and Hasan Magomedsharipov help him prepare for Max Holloway. Edgar will challenge Holloway for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight gold on July 27. The 145-pound title bout is expected t…

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Coach Mark Henry Talks Heated Moment With Dustin Poirier & Reconciliation

Eddie Alvarez’s coach Mark Henry talks about his heated moment with Dustin Poirier as well as their reconciliation. At UFC Calgary last month, Poirier went one-on-one with Alvarez in the main event. The two did battle inside the Scotiabank Saddle…

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Mark Henry Recalls Confusing Alvarez-Poirier Encounter

Mark Henry was just trying to congratulate Dustin Poirier after his victory over Eddie Alvarez at UFC on FOX 30.

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Mark Henry was trying to respect his team’s opponent in defeat do after UFC on FOX 30, but as a result, it also led to a strange encounter after Alvarez-Poirier.

Both Alvarez and Poirier engaged in a heated back and forth verbal battle leading up to their fight, yet “The Diamond” wasn’t quite ready to let go of the animosity. That was the case even after knocking out Alvarez in the second round, which was a truth Henry found out the hard way:

“I walked up to Dustin to congratulate him,” Henry said. “He says, Get the blank away from me. Which I did. I’m like, you know what? It’s his moment. I want him to have his moment. He deserves it.”

However, Poirier later explained that he was still very much heated due to all the trash that was being spewed from both Alvarez and his teammates/coaches. As a result, Henry insists he never harbored any ill will towards “The Diamond” while even calling Poirier honorable.

“The few [interviews] that I did, I talked very, very highly about Dustin,” Henry said. “I said how he loved he was. We’ve had hundreds of guys come to our place to help with sparring and Dustin was the most loved.”

“He was great, man. I don’t even know if he went to the doctor first. He ran to find us first. Before he even went to the doctor, he found us, he apologized to our whole team. That’s just a good dude. It was the heat of the moment. I just wish he would have known the things I was saying about him beforehand.”

It seems like, in the end, both Alvarez and Poirier are moving on to greener pastures so to speak, but because of different circumstances.

Alvarez will look to re-sign with the UFC or perhaps take his talents elsewhere. In the meantime, Poirier has a date with Nate Diaz on the massive UFC 230 card on November 3, 2018, one of the most anticipated fights of the year due to Diaz’ long-awaited return.

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Eddie Alvarez Breaks His Silence Following TKO Loss to Dustin Poirier

Eddie Alvarez suffered a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC on FOX 30 but he’s not passing the blame onto anyone else but himself. Alvarez fell to Poirier by second round TKO after the fighters were reset in the center of the Octagon following a f…

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Eddie Alvarez’ Coach Fears He’s Disgraced Team With Controversial Elbow

Mark Henry feels like he tainted his team’s image with his call for a 12-to-6 elbow at UFC Calgary.

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Last Saturday (July 28, 2018) yet another controversial call occurred when Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier shared the UFC’s Octagon.

“The Underground King” had Poirier mounted as he sat up against the cage. Alvarez’s coach, Mark Henry, then called for his fighter to throw elbows – so he obliged. When Alvarez threw those elbows, however, he threw them in the illegal 12-to-6 motion.

As a result, the action was stopped, Alvarez was warned and he lost top position. The fight was stood back up and Alvarez was subsequently knocked out minutes later.

Henry spoke to MMA Fighting about the incident recently. He said that he feels as if he put a “black eye” on his team after calling for the elbows last weekend:

“I felt bad that I put a black eye on our team,” Henry told MMA Fighting. “It’s pretty disappointing. All those other fights just went down the toilet bowl quick. I was so proud of our team and I felt like I put a damper on it for everybody.”

Before each fight referees speak to the fighters that they’ll be officiating for backstage. They go down the list of what is and isn’t legal under the parameters set by the local commission. Henry continued to kick himself for the elbow call because they were warned about 12-to-6 elbows beforehand:

“You just see something, you’re gonna trust your corner,” Henry said. “I’m not an idiot. The referee, every single place, if they’re your referee, they go down a list of what not to do. And that elbow 12-to-6 is 100 percent on that list every single time. It’s equivalent to me telling Eddie to knee him in the balls. I’m not gonna do that and have him get stood up. Why am I gonna make that call? It’s stupid.”

Henry said that he motioned to Alvarez to throw the elbow the correct way the second time he called for it, but by that time the damage was already done. He noted that he couldn’t have shouted at Alvarez because there’s no way he would’ve heard him:

“I would have wanted an elbow,” Henry said. “I just don’t know how else I could have conveyed it. ‘Inside elbow?’ He wouldn’t have heard me, but on the second one I did, you can see me touching the inside of my elbow. I don’t even remember doing it, but I guess I had his attention. But I guess it was too late.”

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Eddie Alvarez’s Coach Blames Himself For Illegal 12-6 Elbow

Eddie Alvarez’s coach is taking the blame for his fighter’s illegal elbow at UFC Calgary. Alvarez collided with Dustin Poirier a second time this past Saturday night (July 28). “The Underground King” found success early on, closing the distance and utilizing leg kicks. Once Alvarez went for takedowns in the second stanza, things went downhill. […]

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