Eddie Alvarez: Donald Cerrone knows who I am and so does the rest of this division

Although Eddie Alvarez does not believe that his upcoming opponent Donald Cerrone has never seen him compete in MMA, he understands why the lightweight…

By: Karim Zidan | 9 years ago
Eddie Alvarez: Donald Cerrone knows who I am and so does the rest of this division
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Although Eddie Alvarez does not believe that his upcoming opponent Donald Cerrone has never seen him compete in MMA, he understands why the lightweight competitor has incorporated a deceitful approach ahead of their encounter on Saturday night.

“The best thing you can do in fighting is deceive and lie to your opponent and he is doing it already,” Alvarez told MMAFighting.com. “He is lying to you guys (media) and he is already lying to me. He knows who I am. He’s seen me. His coaches know who I am – they’ve seen me and so has the rest of this division.”

As a former Bellator champion with experience in the pinnacle of multiple organizations over the years, Alvarez is quite certain that a win over Cerrone would warrant a title shot against the winner between Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez.

“I feel like that. I feel like everybody is making a big deal out of this guy (Cerrone) and they’re building him up to be this superhero. I feel like putting him away would just put me on the map.

“Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta know what I can do and they know I should be fighting the champions of this promotion.”

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Karim Zidan
Karim Zidan

Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.

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