Midnight Mania! Eddie Alvarez ‘ready to hunt’ after parting ways with One Championship

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Eddie Alvarez has traveled far and large preventing most of the finest Lightweights of all time, and “The Underground King” isn’t stopping simply but. Per a report from South China Morning Post, Alvarez and One Championship have agreed to half methods. The previous Bellator and UFC champion final fought for the promotion in April 2021, shedding a aggressive determination to soon-to-be champion Okay Rae Yoon.

Alvarez has made it a behavior of capturing the belt in any promotion he fights for, however that plan fell aside a bit in One. Alvarez misplaced his debut to Timofey Nastyukhin by way of strikes however did rebound in impression trend towards Edward Folayang (HIGHLIGHTS). That victory can be the ultimate certainly one of his One Championship profession, nevertheless, as Alvarez adopted it up with a “No Contest” earlier than arising quick to Yoon final 12 months.

Earlier, Alvarez took to Twitter to verify he parted methods on good phrases and that he’s able to preserve preventing elsewhere.

Confirmed ,I’m not with ONE. We parted methods amicably and I stay on good phrases with the ONE group. I need to thank Chatri for the chance and I stay up for watching their continued success. I’m formally a free agent and Able to Hunt Inform me whose subsequent ?UGK

— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) September 21, 2022

Confirmed, I’m not with ONE. We parted methods amicably and I stay on good phrases with the ONE group. I need to thank Chatri for the chance and I stay up for watching their continued success. I’m formally a free agent and Able to Hunt. Inform me whose subsequent? UGK

At 38 years of age, Alvarez seemingly has some good choices. He’s a adorned, a number of promotion champion with a recognizable title, and a return to Bellator or UFC will not be inconceivable. The $1 million prize in PFL might be tempting, they usually’ve been signing different former UFC champions like Anthony Pettis and Rory MacDonald.

Alvarez has additionally flirted with a trip into the boxing ring as properly, so it stays to be seen the place his future lies. Or, as an unlikely however intriguing possibility, Nate Diaz wants a dance accomplice given his personal free agent standing?

Keep tuned.

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