{"id":303663,"date":"2019-02-26T22:09:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T06:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=303663"},"modified":"2019-02-26T22:09:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T06:09:07","slug":"video-eddie-alvarez-explains-why-interim-titles-are-a-serious-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/video-eddie-alvarez-explains-why-interim-titles-are-a-serious-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Eddie Alvarez explains why interim titles are a &#8216;serious problem&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1100625497048866817\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Look, this is a serious problem,&#8221; Eddie Alvarez said at Tuesday&#8217;s ONE Championship media gathering. &#8220;I&#8217;m laughin&#8217;, but it&#8217;s nothing to joke about. 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And it should be laughed at and it should no longer be applauded and it should be booed. And when it is, it&#8217;ll be a happy day. Fighters get paid more, fans will be more educated, and promotions will stop the bullsh*t.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie Alvarez has a been a champion in just about every organization that he&#8217;s been in. Now it&#8217;s time to see if he can make that a reality in ONE Championship as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, back in Alvarez&#8217; old fighting home of the UFC, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/ufc-236-fight-card-is-already-coming-together\/\">two interim title fights were recently made to top off the UFC 236 event<\/a> on April 13. 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And I don&#8217;t ever wanna be in it so when I had the ability to become a free agent I did it because I had a choice to make, that I could be a part of this problem of undervalued, underpaid fighters or I could be a part of the solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interim titles have become somewhat of normalcy over the years as the UFC has made 22 interim title bouts in their history (that includes the upcoming Kelvin Gastelum vs Israel Adesanya and Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier bouts). 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