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Published 16:41 16 Oct 2018 BST
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"Please join me in welcoming Eddie Alvarez to ONE Championship! Eddie is not only one of the greatest lightweights in history, but he is the only athlete ever to win world titles in both UFC and Bellator, he said. "His goal is to become the only person to win all three major world titles in the largest global promotions in history."https://twitter.com/btsportufc/status/947528568589787136 It is a big loss for Dana White and the UFC as Alvarez is currently ranked fourth in the world and holds wins over a number of high-profile fighters including; Rafael Dos Anjos, Michael Chandler and Gilbert Melendez. It seems as though his debut fight will come against Shinya Aoki who Alvarez has already fought twice. https://www.sportsjoe.ie/mma/eddie-alvarez-really-showed-his-true-colours-with-reaction-to-seriously-injured-gaa-player-136658?shortlink=1 The pair are tied at 1-1 so it would seem that a trilogy fight would make sense, plus Aoki has already been promised a lightweight title fight in March. Did someone say Eddie Alvarez vs Shinya Aoki 3, for the ONE lightweight championship???
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It’s believed to have been a targeted attack. Former UFC fighter , Suman Mokhtarian, has been shot dead. The ex-MMA fight was shot in a ‘brazen’ and ‘targeted’ daylight attack while taking an early evening walk, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Mokhtarian was shot in the upper body and was unable to be revived by […]
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