{"id":347892,"date":"2020-04-23T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=347892"},"modified":"2020-04-23T11:03:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:03:44","slug":"eddie-alvarez-and-michael-chandler-pitched-promotions-about-potential-trilogy-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/eddie-alvarez-and-michael-chandler-pitched-promotions-about-potential-trilogy-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler pitched promotions about potential trilogy in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler had two classic fights during their time with Bellator MMA and while there has always been chatter of a trilogy, those hopes were ended when Alvarez went to the UFC and then later moved on to ONE Championship.<\/p>\n<p>As he was approaching free agency after his UFC run, Alvarez considered running it back with Chandler and recently revealed that both he and Chandler pitched the fight to other promotions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CUMvrFxSQm?amp=1\">Speaking to James Lynch of The Score<\/a>, Alvarez revealed that both of them had a conversation about pitching their trilogy and it was something that excited &#8220;The Underground King&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LynchOnSports\/status\/1253059577777553408<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke with Mike when I was becoming a free agent and he was also becoming a free agent, and that wasn&#8217;t too long ago. I made sure I called him and said &#8216;Hey why don&#8217;t we fight again and we go to someone and sell it someone?&#8217; That was something I was really excited about. I was like &#8216;Hey maybe we do a third fight and we sell it to a promotion and we&#8217;ll both get paid a s**t load of money.&#8217; That conversation only went so far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez included that he didn&#8217;t hear much from Chandler after having the initial conversation but he understands why his former rival would re-sign with Bellator because of the paychecks and treatment he gets from them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t hear from him and then next thing I heard, he re-signed with Bellator. He&#8217;s doing really well for himself with Bellator, he just keeps re-signing and I don&#8217;t blame him,&#8221; Alvarez said. &#8220;The kind of money that he&#8217;s making with Bellator, I don&#8217;t see him making anywhere else. He&#8217;s able to keep re-signing with them and make a good living and keep knocking guys out the way he is, he&#8217;ll do well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The two fighters split their first two fights. Eddie Alvarez would go on to win the UFC&#8217;s lightweight title with a KO over Rafael dos Anjos and would eventually drop the title to Conor McGregor. Although he has moved on from the UFC, Alvarez recently said that he still believes <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/eddie-alvarez-believes-hes-one-of-the-only-guys-who-can-beat-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\">he&#8217;s one of a very few fighters who could beat the reigning champion<\/a> Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>Would you have liked to see Alvarez-Chandler 3?<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 4\/23\/2020<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler had two classic fights during their time with Bellator MMA and while there has always been chatter of a trilogy, those hopes were ended when Alvarez went to the UFC and then later moved on to ONE Championship. 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