Bellators Eddie Alvarez 'Born to Fight' (Video)

Eddie looked small to me last time i saw him, i know that this guy is overrated by just looking at him and not even knowing how he fights.. he would get beat by several guys in the UFC for sure!

Shinya Aoki would get knocked out and lose in the UFC too..

i will respectfully disagree with you Rob.IMO if Aoki or Alvarez even Hansen came to UFC they WOULD be the champion.

All 3 would wipe the canvas with Penn,Florian,Sherk,Guida and any other “TOP” LW’s in the UFC.

I respect your post.. but first off there’s no testing in japan cause of the idiotic japs, secondly they look good cause they’re swinging wild all the time.. Alvarez, Aoki, Hansen would get beat in the UFC for sure! but we don’t know it until we see it, but i can promise you from what i see that that is how it is!

It’s all about putting on a good show in japan and that is why ALL of the fighters look better then they really are.. you want some evidence of that? just look at the Pride guys that came over to the UFC, they lacked size and other things that they didn’t have to have to be succesful in Japan..

Rob – i gotta disagree with a couple of your statements. Alvarez has won plenty of times here in the states with testing positive. Also Aoki a roider? Come on man. Using the Pride v UFC doesn’t work because that doesn’t explain Rampage, silva, Nog or even gomi sucking while still being in japan. Also you make it seem that fighters in the UFC don’t swing wild all the time either-very few really technical strikes in MMA period. Also since when does the ufc not pressure/emphasize fighters to have exciting/good shows? Does this rule apply to ufc too then? But dropping all these irrelevancies, all we can do is look at fighter skillsets and IMO only guys with super tight top games or better submission grapplers can beat these guys without getting subbed or having their wrestling negated i.e sherk, maybe tyson or penn. Besides these three no one else at LW has the necessary skills to beat win. Then again like you said we’ll never know. Sorry for the long rant.

NNR said it all.

HOld up Rob…Im not going to sit back and let you bash the Pride of Philadelphia…THis kid is a stud! TOo small? No way, he has even fought at ww in the past.

I think Alavres would instantly shoot to the top 5 of the UFC LW division. he is fully capable of beating top uFC fighters like:
florian
Diego
Sherk (I know for a fact that he would beat Sherk!)

The only fighter I am not sure that he can beat is BJ Penn. Then again, I still dont think anyone can beat bj at 155 lbs.

I think Alvares vs. Diego would easily be a fight of the year candidate!

I watched his fights last night and sure they were great fights, but i wanna know if it’s because it was such great matchups stylistically that did it or if he’s actually gonna be that LW that takes over.. a big factor when it really comes to it is also the mental part which is often overlooked is he mentally strong to break out in a crowded division and handle all the pressure from media that comes along being in the UFC right now, that is something i would want to see after hearing/seeing these guys that are fighting in Japan.

your right roy!