{"id":43639,"date":"2012-10-25T09:45:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T16:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=43639"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:29:29","slug":"bellator-making-hard-push-to-keep-eddie-alvarez-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-making-hard-push-to-keep-eddie-alvarez-mma-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator Making &#8220;Hard Push&#8221; To Keep Eddie Alvarez | MMA NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/eddie-alvarez-new-site2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/eddie-alvarez-new-site2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"eddie alvarez new site\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/eddie-alvarez-new-site2.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/eddie-alvarez-new-site2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/eddie-alvarez-new-site2-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cTalks have gone really well with Bellator and Eddie just wants to fight the best fighters he can, and get a contract he feels is fair, but I can tell you Bjorn has gone out of his way to make Eddie feel welcome and talks have gone well so far, so we\u2019ll see what the future brings. He doesn\u2019t want to sit out too long so we\u2019d like to get things wrapped up. At the end of the day, Bellator has a 90-day negotiating period, so we\u2019re finishing talks with them and we have to see where things go with that. Yeah he\u2019d like to fight right away, but he doesn\u2019t want to rush to make a deal either, make a hasty deal because he\u2019s in a rush. He\u2019s a very smart guy, and we\u2019ve got to take our time, take it one step at a time to get ultimately where he needs to be.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Alvarez is arguably the Bellator promotions biggest and most recognizable star. Currently a free agent, UFC President Dana White has had no issue with publicly expressing his interest in the lightweight talent.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to his manager, Glenn Robinson, Bellator isn&#8217;t so keen on letting their star go.<\/p>\n<p>Is this just posturing by his manager or will Eddie tough out his career under the lesser MMA banner? <\/p>\n<p>(quote via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/bellator-making-hard-push-to-keep-eddie-alvarez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmaweekly.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTalks have gone really well with Bellator and Eddie just wants to fight the best fighters he can, and get a contract he feels is fair, but I can tell you Bjorn has gone out of his way to make Eddie feel welcome and talks have gone well so far, so we\u2019ll see what the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":43640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,2681],"tags":[10040,126,11,649,15,16],"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>Bellator Making &quot;Hard Push&quot; 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