{"id":372787,"date":"2021-01-08T05:58:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=372787"},"modified":"2021-01-08T05:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:58:51","slug":"eddie-alvarez-reacts-to-the-shocking-arrest-of-ufc-bantamweight-irwin-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/eddie-alvarez-reacts-to-the-shocking-arrest-of-ufc-bantamweight-irwin-rivera\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez reacts to the shocking arrest of UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez has reacted to the news that UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera has been charged with attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>News broke yesterday that Rivera, who fought three times for the Ultimate Fighting Championship last year, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/police-report-reveals-horrifying-details-regarding-the-arrest-of-ufc-fighter-irwin-rivera\/\">had been arrested on attempted murder charges<\/a> in Florida after allegedly attempting to kill his sisters due to a &#8220;higher power&#8221; telling him to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned Alvarez, who knew Rivera, had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ealvarezfight\/status\/1347403770314031104\">the following<\/a> to say on the matter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Something must of went terribly wrong or Irwin\u2019s brain or mind needs to be checked because I know this man along with many teammates and coaches . He is All Love &#x2764;&#xfe0f; I\u2019m truly sad to see this and Praying for his Sisters and family &#x1f64f;&#x1f3fc;&#x1f64f;&#x1f3fc; This is not Irwin &#x1f926;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aOKMJRdlWD\">https:\/\/t.co\/aOKMJRdlWD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ealvarezfight\/status\/1347403770314031104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Something must of went terribly wrong or Irwin\u2019s brain or mind needs to be checked because I know this man along with many teammates and coaches. He is All Love. I\u2019m truly sad to see this and Praying for his Sisters and family. This is not Irwin&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>After the information had been released, the UFC put out the following statement on Rivera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUFC is aware of the recent incident involving Irwin Rivera and subsequently received information from his management that he has been exhibiting behavior consistent with mental health issues,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThe allegations are extremely troubling and the organization is currently gathering additional information. The investigation is ongoing and any potential next steps including disciplinary action or medical attention will be determined upon the conclusion. Furthermore, UFC has informed Rivera\u2019s management that he will not be offered a bout at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irwin Rivera last fought in September when he lost via split decision to Andre Ewell, dropping his UFC record to 1-2 and his overall professional mixed martial arts record to 10-6.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts go out to all of those who have been affected by this incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez has reacted to the news that UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera has been charged with attempted murder. News broke yesterday that Rivera, who fought three times for the Ultimate Fighting Championship last year, had been arrested on attempted murder charges in Florida after allegedly attempting to kill his sisters due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":297711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10211,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eddie Alvarez reacts to the shocking arrest of UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez has reacted to the news that UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera has been charged with attempted murder.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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