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‘Blinded’ Eddie Alvarez posts gory eye photos following ONE Championship loss (NSFW)

Use the < > arrows to scroll through his awful eye gallery.

By Jesse Holland
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Hey guys First and foremost congrats to Timofey in his victory , He is very deserving of everything that comes with victory and I wish him the best in the continued tournament . Honestly speaking how I fought my One Championship debut is not a reflection of my training my coaches , my team , it’s not even a reflection of my beliefs . I am sincerely disappointed and confused in my inability to not pull the trigger and my hesitancy on recent fight nights , it’s been quite confusing to figure out the past year or so . Coach Mark always stresses “hesitancy is Death” and it’s not something that is even in my character to do . In this particular fight I waited too long for an opening and paid the ultimate price . The punch that hit me , instantly blinded me and split both eyelids in half . It felt like my eye exploded from the inside and the pain was instant . From an outsider watching myself I should of have expected the result considering my actions . You have to punch , kick , takedown and pressure to win a fight , I waited . I simply waited too long for the correct timing and opening that never came . Fighting continues to teach me life lessons thru my victories and even more through tough defeats . Victory and defeat are by products of putting it on the line , they have been inescapable throughout my whole life . I hope to be judged on how I adjust and pivot from defeat and behave in victory rather than the result of a small moment in time . To my Wife /kids family , coaches , teams mates , friends and to all the fans , thank you always for your continued support , doing this is very lonely and isolated , a simple pat on the back goes a long long way . Thank you thank you thank you . I will make adjustments and come back true to form #UGK

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This was not the debut Eddie Alvarez was hoping for.

The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion was expected to make a fresh start — and run through the International competition — when he signed with ONE Championship late last year.

Instead, the “Underground King” was bounced in the first round of the promotion’s eight-man lightweight tournament last weekend in Tokyo, Japan, thanks to some brutal punches from 155-pound rising star, Timofey Nastyukhin.

“The punch that hit me instantly blinded me and split both eyelids in half,” Alvarez wrote on Instagram. “It felt like my eye exploded from the inside and the pain was instant. From an outsider watching myself, I should have expected the result considering my actions. You have to punch, kick, takedown and pressure to win a fight. I waited. I simply waited too long for the correct timing and opening that never came.”

No question Alvarez is disappointed in his performance, but it should be noted that he also dropped his debut fight for UFC, then went on to capture his next three, including the lightweight title in his July 2016 destruction of Rafael dos Anjos.

The counter to that, of course, is that Alvarez is now 35 and has a lot of miles on those tires, so it’s not unreasonable to think he’s shot or that his best days are behind him. I think we’ll have a better answer to those questions in his next appearance.

Which judging by these eye photos, might take awhile.

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