{"id":281860,"date":"2018-07-30T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=281860"},"modified":"2018-07-30T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:50:17","slug":"coach-admits-he-accidentally-advised-eddie-alvarez-to-throw-a-12-6-elbow-i-feel-horrible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/coach-admits-he-accidentally-advised-eddie-alvarez-to-throw-a-12-6-elbow-i-feel-horrible\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach admits he accidentally advised Eddie Alvarez to throw a 12-6 elbow: &#8220;I feel horrible&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez&#8217;s UFC on Fox 30 rematch with Dustin Poirier did not go the way he planned. Instead, the all-action lightweight star was swarmed and TKO&#8217;d in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Alvarez was not without his moments in the fight. In fact, it could even be argued that Alvarez was soundly in control of the fight until he landed an illegal 12-6 elbow from full mount, which prompted referee Marc Goddard to stand the fight. It was shortly after this standup that Alvarez was defeated, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this fight, fans started to speculate as to what might have happened if Alvarez had just been given a warning and allowed to continue to work from mount. Amid this speculation, one fan pointed out that, just before Alvarez threw his illegal 12-6 elbow, he seemed to have been advised to do so by his coach Mark Henry.<\/p>\n<p>See this coaching sequence below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Totally this guy&#39;s fault <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IbxUK4SXUo\">pic.twitter.com\/IbxUK4SXUo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matty Waring (@MattyWaring) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattyWaring\/status\/1023391470118739968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday, Henry owned up to this mistake, explaining that he wanted to advise Alvarez to throw a\u00a0<em>legal\u00a0<\/em>elbow from mount, but inadvertently did so in a 12-6 motion.<\/p>\n<p id=\"AwzwED\">\u201cHe definitely did what he saw me do,\u201d Henry said (transcribed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/07\/eddie-alvarez-coach-mark-henry-illegal-elbow-my-fault-ufc-calgary-poirier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cDefinitely my fault. I definitely wasn\u2019t meaning to be cheap at all. I\u2019m not stupid. I\u2019ve been doing this a long time. I know he can\u2019t do a top elbow. Out of the hundreds and hundreds of fights that I\u2019ve done, every single time they say you can\u2019t do that elbow. It was my fault, I feel horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s commendable of Mark Henry to take responsibility for Eddie Alvarez&#8217;s illegal elbow, it&#8217;s pertinent that referee Marc Goddard <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/marc-goddard\/marc-goddard-addresses-controversial-standup-in-dustin-poirier-vs-eddie-alvarez-fight\/\">assured the elbow wasn&#8217;t the only problem<\/a>. He says that Alvarez&#8217;s elbow, along with an illegal <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dustin-poirier\/dustin-poirier-addresses-eddie-alvarezs-illegal-elbow-and-wet-willy\/\">&#8220;wet willy&#8221;<\/a> and fence-grab, all combined, were the reason he forced the fighters to the standing position.<\/p>\n<p>Goddard addressed the controversial standup after being put on blast by UFC welterweight contender Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mr Usman, I understand that emotion is a factor. Mr Alvarez held the fence, clawed the ear &amp; then threw the 12-6 elbow that is why the positional advantage was taken away. As for your request, no problem that\u2019s easily arranged. I wish you all the best in your career. Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x3GoCEkLqi\">https:\/\/t.co\/x3GoCEkLqi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marc Goddard (@marcgoddard_uk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcgoddard_uk\/status\/1023406144679596032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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 7\/30\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez&#8217;s UFC on Fox 30 rematch with Dustin Poirier did not go the way he planned. Instead, the all-action lightweight star was swarmed and TKO&#8217;d in the second round. That said, Alvarez was not without his moments in the fight. 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