{"id":265838,"date":"2017-12-16T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265838"},"modified":"2017-12-16T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T15:45:00","slug":"tony-ferguson-goes-off-eddie-alvarez-made-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/tony-ferguson-goes-off-eddie-alvarez-made-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson Goes Off on Eddie Alvarez Over &#8216;Made-Up&#8217; Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Eddie Alvarez knocked out Justin Gaethje with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/video-eddie-alvarez-runs-play-play-justin-gaethje-ko-ufc-218\/\">a brutal knee after their UFC 218 war<\/a>, in his mind, he won the unofficial Most Violent UFC title. It was something that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/alvarez-willing-keep-violent-lightweight-says-lightweight-title-lost-value\/\">he created due to limbo at lightweight<\/a> and the nature of the fight he had before him. However, there is a real belt in the division, or at least an interim, held by Tony Ferguson. The interim lightweight champ Ferguson wasn&#8217;t impressed, by the fight are the &#8216;title&#8217; Alvarez boasts about. He took to Twitter to tell Alvarez what he thought and didn&#8217;t hold back one bit. &#8230;Eddie Alvarez was quick to respond though.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would rip your skinny body apart if I cared to fight you , but I don&#8217;t care to fight You soo &#8230; Merry Christmas &#8220;Champ&#8221; &#x1f602;&#x1f602;&#x1f602;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ealvarezfight\/status\/941689064142573568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m the most violent man in the UFC. They can take the No. 1, 2 and 3 (ranking). I\u2019ll just take that title, and I\u2019ll keep it. I\u2019ve been crowned. \u2026 [Justin Gaethje and I] went in to make a point. My performances in the UFC, I\u2019ve been trying to win. Win, win, win. I\u2019ve been so focused on winning that the performance itself wasn\u2019t showing my true colors. We went in here with just the idea of, \u2018Just be as violent as we can.\u2019 The byproduct of that would be a win.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/12\/eddie-alvarez-wants-mega-fight-new-ufc-contract-after-justin-gaethje-knockout\">Eddie Alvarez speaking to\u00a093.3 WMMR in Philadelphia<span>\u00a0via\u00a0<\/span>MMAJunkie<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Conor McGregor says he&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/breaking-video-conor-mcgregor-drops-huge-news-next-fight\/\">fighting in MMA next<\/a>, but there are no guarantees in this business. After Alvarez&#8217;s performance against Gaethje, he&#8217;s at the top of the heap as we wait for Khabib Nurmagomedov and Edson Barboza&#8217;s fight to unfold. Is Tony Ferguson making sure he&#8217;s got the bases covered on a potential undisputed title bout, or is he just having fun with Alvarez? Either way, that is a fight that would be brutal and fun as hell, no matter what title would or wouldn&#8217;t be on the line.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/16\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Eddie Alvarez knocked out Justin Gaethje with a brutal knee after their UFC 218 war, in his mind, he won the unofficial Most Violent UFC title. It was something that he created due to limbo at lightweight and the nature of the fight he had before him. 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