{"id":147863,"date":"2015-06-06T10:16:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T17:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=147863"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:09:02","slug":"melendez-eddie-alvarez-and-i-are-the-perfect-recipe-for-foty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/melendez-eddie-alvarez-and-i-are-the-perfect-recipe-for-foty\/","title":{"rendered":"Melendez: &#8216;Eddie Alvarez And I Are The Perfect Recipe For FOTY&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src='\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/4e84d514-baa8-4a1e-b8d6-c89a71288c82_default\/index.html?videoId=4275798040001' width='630' height='354' allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>UFC lightweight and former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez is looking forward to his scrap with former Bellator champion Eddie Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p>During recent media obligations to promote the fight Melendez acknowledges that it&#8217;s a fight many people have been wanting to see for a long time now, with both men being former champions in other organizations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At times we were debatably one and two in the world and everyone wanted to see this fight,&#8221; said Melendez,&#8221;Now are paths have finally come five or six years later and he likes to throw big punches, so do I, we&#8217;re both two guys who aren&#8217;t going to back down and high intensity. 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