{"id":88241,"date":"2014-03-03T10:24:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=88241"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:00:14","slug":"eddie-alvarez-says-he-has-the-blueprint-to-beat-michael-chandler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/eddie-alvarez-says-he-has-the-blueprint-to-beat-michael-chandler\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez Says He Has the Blueprint to Beat Michael Chandler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/bellator-boss-confirms-eddie-alvarez-vs-michael-chandler-3-to-headline-first-ppv\/chandler-alvarez\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72824\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72824\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/chandler-alvarez-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love a good rubber match? Each fighter has a win over the other, both are high level fighters, the belt is on the line (again) and it\u2019s on Pay-Per-View. Of course I\u2019m talking about the third and most likely final fight between Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler beat Alvarez in their first fight, back in 2011, where he submitted the (then) champ via rear naked choke in the fourth round. Last year the two men fought again, this time Alvarez pulled out a split decision win and took the belt back. Now the trilogy will be completed when they fight May 17. It should also be noted that both of their previous fights have been contenders for fight of the year, so it\u2019s close to impossible for this upcoming title fight to be anything but edge of your seat greatness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/videos\/videointerview\/Eddie-Alvarez-I-Have-Unlocked-the-Blueprint-to-Beating-Michael-Chandler-5657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog<\/a> recently spoke with Alvarez at Bellator 110. When asked about the emotions surrounding the upcoming fight Alvarez said that the first fight, where he lost, \u201churt badly and I still hold that pain with me\u201d and that he never wanted to feel that pain again, so he made a promise to himself to never let that happen. \u201cI\u2019m going to keep that promise to myself and finish out this trilogy, hopefully with a good finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez was asked about any differences between the fights and he responded by saying that he just made adjustments and that there\u2019s, \u201ca blueprint to fight guys like Mike Chandler.\u201d He feels that his team and he have figured out that blueprint and that\u2019s the reason he won the second fight. For the third fight Alvarez said, \u201cI don\u2019t have to make too many more changes. I think I have to do what I did, just do it better, do it faster, do it stronger\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. Miller<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love a good rubber match? Each fighter has a win over the other, both are high level fighters, the belt is on the line (again) and it\u2019s on Pay-Per-View. Of course I\u2019m talking about the third and most likely final fight between Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler. Chandler beat Alvarez [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[7675,126,309,613,11,649],"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 Says He Has the Blueprint to Beat Michael Chandler | 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-says-he-has-the-blueprint-to-beat-michael-chandler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eddie Alvarez Says He Has the Blueprint to Beat Michael Chandler | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who doesn&#8217;t love a good rubber match? 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