{"id":205047,"date":"2016-09-22T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T00:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=205047"},"modified":"2016-09-22T17:45:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T00:45:33","slug":"eddie-alvarez-refutes-schaubs-claims-says-hes-training-205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/eddie-alvarez-refutes-schaubs-claims-says-hes-training-205\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez refutes Schaub’s claims, says he’s training for UFC 205"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, BJPenn.com reported on Brendan Schaub’s version of what he heard happened<\/a> in regards to the Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor fight negotiations for UFC 205. <\/p>\n

Schaub said on a recent episode of “The Fighter and the Kid<\/a>” podcast that he heard that UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez was demanding too much in the fight negotiations, to which the UFC was more than happy to figure out a different fight for the champ.<\/p>\n

\"UFC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSo from what I hear, Eddie Alvarez was complaining to the UFC brass that he wanted more money to fight Conor McGregor. He wanted pay-per-view points, he wanted a certain amount of money. And the UFC, you know Joe Silva\u2019s going out, he goes, \u2018You wanna do what? Oh one of the biggest fight card of all time at Madison Square Garden. First time the UFC\u2019s ever been to New York and we\u2019re allowing you to fight Conor McGregor as the main event but you want more money? Nah, I\u2019ll tell you what we\u2019re gonna do. We\u2019re going to pull Conor off, give him a bigger fight. Then, here\u2019s Khabib Nurmagomedov.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems that what Schaub had heard was not true. <\/p>\n

Shortly after posting the report on what Schaub had to say, Eddie Alvarez responded to the twitter link of the report and said, “@bjpenndotcom this is a lie , please don’t report lies , You guys are awesome , keep it Real! Thank you #ufc205 #phillyfighter”<\/p>\n

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@bjpenndotcom<\/a> this is a lie , please don't report llies , You guys are awesome , keep it Real! Thank you #ufc205<\/a> #phillyfighter<\/a> #<\/p>\n

— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) September 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n