MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cWe got offers from just about everyone you can think of. Everyone expressed interest. The idea of ONE Championship, it\u2019s the only major organization I haven\u2019t held world title in. I won the Bellator title twice during my career, I won the UFC title during my career and as far as I\u2019m concerned, ONE is the only major organization that I haven\u2019t got to touch that world title belt.<\/p>\n\u201cFor myself, for my family, for my fans and everyone, this would mean that I would have a chance at making history,” he added. “Possibly history that could never be made again. It would take a fighter 20 years in the fight game to be able to fight for these major organizations, and it\u2019s almost like a lottery ticket to be able to win one world title. So to be able to go to every major organization, fight their best guys in the world, to fight the best guys in that organization and then beat them all one-by-one and win that world title, means the world to me.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I was to retire, and there was an organization out there that was the best in the world and I wasn\u2019t able [to fight there], and people would come to me and they would go, \u2018Yeah, but he didn\u2019t win the ONE world title\u2019 \u2013 that would bug me. I\u2019m going to save myself that bother and fly to Asia and take on the best lightweights there and win that world title.\u201d<\/p>\n
While money was clearly a motivator, it sounds like the allure of a ONE Championship title was a big reason for Eddie Alvarez’s move to ONE.<\/p>\n
How do you think Eddie Alvarez will perform in the ONE lightweight division?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/19\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC and Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez is now a ONE Championship fighter. Speaking on the ONE: Heart of the Lion conference call on Wednesday evening, Alvarez opened up on his decision to sign with the Singapore-based promotion. \u201cWithout getting too much into it, we had offers from all around the world,\u201d Eddie Alvarez […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":286165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10211,19776],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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