{"id":303786,"date":"2019-02-27T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T22:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=303786"},"modified":"2019-02-27T14:36:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T22:36:40","slug":"eddie-alvarez-conor-mcgregor-can-grapple-all-he-wants-never-beats-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/eddie-alvarez-conor-mcgregor-can-grapple-all-he-wants-never-beats-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez: Conor McGregor &#8216;can grapple all he wants&#8217;, never beats Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2016, the &#8216;Underground King&#8217; Eddie Alvarez became the UFC lightweight champion of the world by defeating Rafael Dos Anjos via first-round TKO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immediately after that, it was expected that we could very well see the unbeaten contender, Khabib Nurmagomedov finally getting his long-awaited UFC title shot. 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