{"id":151336,"date":"2015-06-23T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T15:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151336"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:47:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:22","slug":"eddie-alvarez-says-eye-injury-made-him-more-dangerous-against-melendez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/eddie-alvarez-says-eye-injury-made-him-more-dangerous-against-melendez\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez Says Eye Injury Made Him More Dangerous Against Melendez"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“I didn’t know where he was. I didn’t know if he was three foot from me, five foot from me or a foot away from me. I think I threw a check hook at some point and the guy was nowhere near me and I kind of laughed to myself during the fight. My range was way off, because I couldn’t see out of my back eye.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“In my own head, I was panicking and getting a little nervous, because I just couldn’t see,” Alvarez said. “He kept me not thinking too much and pushed me back out there and told me to keep going, that I’m ready for whatever. I owe it to him that I was able to stick in there and stay with it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

UFC lightweight and former Bellator champion Eddie Alvarez suffered serious injuries to his eye and face during his win over Gilbert Melendez. While talking to The MMA Hour<\/a>, Alvarez confirmed that he actually couldn’t see very well during the fight but he thinks that actually made him more dangerous.<\/p>\n

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