{"id":150123,"date":"2015-06-17T14:16:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T21:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=150123"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:51:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:51:50","slug":"alvarez-i-broke-my-nose-and-orbital-in-fight-vs-melendez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alvarez-i-broke-my-nose-and-orbital-in-fight-vs-melendez\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvarez: &#8216;I broke my nose and orbital in fight vs Melendez&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/alvarez1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150169\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/alvarez1.png\" alt=\"alvarez\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/alvarez1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/alvarez1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/alvarez1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/alvarez1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Alvarez might have come away with the victory this past weekend when he fought the always tough Gilbert Melendez, but his face certainly doesn&#8217;t match the results.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez blew his nose between rounds and caused his left eye to blow up and severely swell instantly. The lightweight took to his Twitter and let fans know the extant of his injuries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Broken  nose and orbital fr an elbow in rnd 1 forced me to make adjustments, gauging distance was a bitch, found a way regardless ,TU guys,<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ealvarezfight\/status\/610146364270485504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Alvarez won a close decision against\u00a0Melendez, a decision many saw going the other way. Did you guys watch the fight, how did you score it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chad Mendes Strips, Gets VanZant Flustered During Important Interview &#8212; WATCH!<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4288504234001\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez might have come away with the victory this past weekend when he fought the always tough Gilbert Melendez, but his face certainly doesn&#8217;t match the results. Alvarez blew his nose between rounds and caused his left eye to blow up and severely swell instantly. The lightweight took to his Twitter and let fans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":150169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alvarez: &#039;I broke my nose and orbital in fight vs Melendez&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eddie Alvarez might have come away with the victory this past weekend when he fought the always tough Gilbert Melendez.....FULL story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alvarez-i-broke-my-nose-and-orbital-in-fight-vs-melendez\/\" 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