{"id":335942,"date":"2019-12-19T10:46:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=335942"},"modified":"2019-12-19T10:56:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:56:28","slug":"eddie-alvarez-outlines-the-difference-between-one-championship-and-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/eddie-alvarez-outlines-the-difference-between-one-championship-and-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez outlines the difference between ONE Championship and the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez is now one year and two fights into his ONE Championship career. From the sounds of it, the former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion has enjoyed his time with the Singapore-based promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez discussed his time with ONE Championship, and how it differs from his time with the UFC, at Wednesday&#8217;s game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The treatment individually, for me personally,&#8221; Alvarez said, explaining where ONE Championship differs from the UFC (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/2019\/12\/a-few-good-minutes-with-eddie-alvarez-who-says-fighting-again-in-philadelphia-is-a-bucket-list-item.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crossing Board<\/a>). &#8220;Everybody walks around saying \u2018I\u2019m treated so well\u2019 in certain promotions, but it\u2019s an individual thing. Some guys feel like they\u2019re getting gipped. For me, with UFC, there are so many guys, and sometimes you get lost in the shuffle. You lose your value there or they don\u2019t appreciate certain fighters the way they should. It\u2019s always better to feel appreciated, not just by executives of the promotion, but the fans as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Asia it\u2019s like football almost, you get off the bus and it\u2019s like nothing you\u2019ve seen before,&#8221; Alvarez continued. &#8220;They view (martial arts) a little bit differently than America. They view the athlete as a hero, win or lose, where here it\u2019s like you get dumped on your head (if you lose). It could be a championship fight against the best in the world and they dump you on your head (laughs). There (in Asia) they appreciate the heroes and the fighters for their character and their willingness to fight their asses off inside the cage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez also had very high praise for ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chatri is incredible,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And here\u2019s the difference between ONE and UFC \u2013 the executives at ONE are martial artists. They fight. They\u2019ve been in fights, Muay Thai fights, grapple, they train just as the fighters train. I go back in the room sometimes to do my weight cut and Chatri is ripping pads, with a real guy, and I\u2019m like \u2018holy shit this guy can fight.\u2019 There\u2019s more of an understanding about the sport and the athlete from the executives than there is from guys who just kind of wear a suit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Alvarez made his ONE Championship debut in March, losing by first-round TKO to Russia&#8217;s Timofey Nastyukhin in a shocking upset. He then rebounded by surviving some early adversity to submit for ONE lightweight champion Eduard Folayang in August. Alvarez was briefly expected to battle Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev in October, but was forced out of the fight due to injury.<\/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 12\/19\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez is now one year and two fights into his ONE Championship career. From the sounds of it, the former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion has enjoyed his time with the Singapore-based promotion. 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