{"id":67365,"date":"2013-08-24T13:11:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T20:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=67365"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:52:39","slug":"eddie-alvarez-asks-the-media-to-step-speculating-on-his-bellator-contract-and-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/eddie-alvarez-asks-the-media-to-step-speculating-on-his-bellator-contract-and-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez Asks The Media To Step Speculating On His Bellator Contract And Settlement"},"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\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43640\" title=\"eddie alvarez new site\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/eddie-alvarez-new-site2-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"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, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/eddie-alvarez-new-site2.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Recently there has been <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/report-eddie-alvarez-only-signed-two-fight-deal-with-bellator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speculation in the media<\/a> regarding my settlement with Bellator. The settlement is involved and complicated and contains many contingencies,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The terms of the settlement are confidential and neither I, nor my representatives, are going to release these terms to anyone. The speculations, which have been printed, are just that, speculations, and could not possibly be completely accurate as the settlement is over forty (40) pages long.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I would suggest that these speculations are helping no one, and respectfully request that they cease immediately. All I want to do is fight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive statement coming out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/eddie-alvarez-says-media-speculation-about-his-new-bellator-contract-is-off-base\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAWeekly.com<\/a>, Eddie Alvarez squashes the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/report-eddie-alvarez-only-signed-two-fight-deal-with-bellator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously reported rumors<\/a> about his two-fight settlement deal with the Bellator Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently there has been speculation in the media regarding my settlement with Bellator. The settlement is involved and complicated and contains many contingencies, The terms of the settlement are confidential and neither I, nor my representatives, are going to release these terms to anyone. The speculations, which have been printed, are just that, speculations, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":43640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[5894,3187,5893,3365,126,309],"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 Asks The Media To Step Speculating On His Bellator Contract And Settlement | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/eddie-alvarez-asks-the-media-to-step-speculating-on-his-bellator-contract-and-settlement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eddie Alvarez Asks The Media To Step Speculating On His Bellator Contract And Settlement | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recently there has been speculation in the media regarding my settlement with Bellator. 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