Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-12-02, good pace with some tough exchanges: the bare-knuckle match Mike Perry vs Eddie Alvarez gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Alvarez vs Perry is scheduled to take place Saturday, December 2nd, at the Maverick Center in Salt Lake City (Utah, USA), in a 5-round catchweight (175 lbs, 79 kg) bout; it is the main event of BKFC 56 (Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-04-29, close fight but not so exciting: the bare knuckle match Chad Mendes vs Eddie Alvarez gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Alvarez vs Mendes is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 29th, at the 1st Bank Center in Denver (Colorado, USA), in a 5-round light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Mike Perry vs Luke Rockhold – BKFC 41 (Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-04-28, good performance by both fighters: the mma fight Eddie Alvarez vs Rae Yoon Ok gets three stars.
Ok vs Alvarez is on the undercard of Aung La N Sang vs Reinier de Ridder 2 –ONE Championship on TNT 4. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-04-07, disappointing mma fight: Eddie Alvarez vs Iuri Lapicus gets two stars.
Lapicus vs Alvarez is on the undercard of Adriano Moraes vs Demetrious Johnson – ONE on TNT 1. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-08-02, good fight between Eddie Alvarez and Eduard Folayang: it gets three stars.The former Ufc and Bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez entered this fight with a professional mma record of 29-7-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.29 welterweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Dustin Poirier in 2018 (Eddie Alvarez vs Dustin Poirier 2) and Timofey Nastyukhin in 2019 (Eddie Alvarez vs Timofey Nastyukhin); before these bouts, in 2017, he had beat Justin Gaethje (Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje).
His opponent, the black belt in wushu and former One Lw champ Eduard Folayang, has an official record of 21-7-0 (38% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.112 in the same weight class. He lost to Shinya Aoki in March 2019 (Eduard Folayang vs Shinya Aoki 2) but before this fight, in 2018, he had won over Kharun Atlangeriev, Aziz Pahrudinov and Amir Khan. Alvarez vs Folayang is the semi-final of the One Fc lightweight world grand prix tournament; undercard of Martin Nguyen vs Koyomi Matsushima – ONE FC 100. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-31, pretty good finish between Eddie Alvarez and Timofey Nastyukhin but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Ufc and Bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez entered this fight with a professional record of 29-6-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Khabib Nurmagomedov) but he comes off the loss against Dustin Poirier (Eddie Alvarez vs Dustin Poirier 2); before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Justin Gaethje (Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje).
His opponent, Timofey Nastyukhin, has a mma record of 12-4-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.194 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year beating Amir Khan and losing to Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev. Alvarez vs Nastyukhin is the quarter-final of the One Fc lightweight world grand prix tournament: undercard of Eduard Folayang vs Shinya Aoki 2 – ONE FC 93. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-07-28, great fight between Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier 2: it is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).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. He lost to Conor McGregor in 2016 (Alvarez vs McGregor) but then, in 2017, he faced Dustin Poirier (bout ended in a no-contest, Alvarez vs Poirier I) and he beat Justin Gaethje (Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Dustin Poirier, has an official record of 23-5-0 (78% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Michael Johnson in 2016 (Poirier vs Johnson) but then he has collected three victories and one no-contest (with Alvarez in their first fight) beating Anthony Pettis (Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis) and Justin Gaethje in his last two (Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje). Alvarez vs Poirier 2 is the main event of UFC on Fox 30. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-02, great performance by both fighters: Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje is close to get four stars (UFC Fight of the Night).The former Ufc and Bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez entered this fight with a professional record of 28-5-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 lightweight in the world. He beat Rafael dos Anjos in 2016 (=Dos Anjos vs Alvarez) but then he lost to current #1 Lw Conor McGregor (=Alvarez vs McGregor) and he has faced Dustin Poirier but the bout ended in a no-contest (=Alvarez vs Poirier).
His opponent, the undefeated Wsof Lw champion Justin Gaethje, has a perfect record of 18-0-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has won over Brian Foster (=Gaethje vs Foster), Luiz Firmino (=Gaethje vs Firmino) and Michael Johnson (Mma Fight of the year 2017 candidate, Johnson vs Gaethje). Alvarez vs Gaethje is on the undercard of Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo 2 – UFC 218. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-13, nice and tough exchanges between Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier: it gets three stars.The former Ufc and Bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez entered this fight with a record of 28-5-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world. He fought three times last year defeating Anthony Pettis (=Pettis vs Alvarez) and Rafael dos Anjos (=Dos Anjos vs Alvarez) but then he lost to current #1 Lw Conor McGregor (=Alvarez vs McGregor).
His opponent, Dustin Poirier, has a mma record of 21-5-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Michael Johnson in 2016 (=Poirier vs Johnson) but he came back to win in 2017 beating Jim Miller (=Miller vs Poirier). Eddie Alvarez vs Dustin Poirier is on the undercard of Stipe Miocic vs Junior dos Santos 2 – UFC 211. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-11-12, pretty good fight between Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).The former Bellator and current Ufc Lw champion Eddie Alvarez entered this fight with a professional record of 28-4-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Donald Cerrone in 2014 (=Cerrone vs Alvarez), after this bout he has won over Gilbert Melendez (=Melendez vs Alvarez), Anthony Pettis (=Pettis vs Alvarez) and Rafael dos Anjos (=Dos Anjos vs Alvarez).
His opponent, the current Ufc Fw champion Conor McGregor, has an official mma record of 20-3-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.1 featherweight. After beating Jose Aldo in 2015 (4-stars fight Aldo vs McGregor), ‘The Notorius’ has faced Nate Diaz twice in 2016 losing the first bout (4-stars fight, McGregor vs Diaz I) and winning the second one (=Diaz vs McGregor II). Alvarez vs McGregor, main event of Ufc 205, is valid for the Ufc lightweight title (Alvarez’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
