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No Holds Barred: Eddie Alvarez, Bellator Lightweight Champion

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with one
of the most exciting and versatile fighters in mixed martial arts, and
the new Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion, Eddie
Alvarez (http://www.alvarezfight.com/).

We had a chance Wednesday afternoon to conduct a lengthy telephone
interview with Eddie Alvarez about his life, his career, and his
family. We discussed the importance of his family to him, how and why
he got involved with mixed martial arts, and how his upbringing in
Philadelphia has affected his fighting career. We discussed his
victory in the eight-man tournament to capture the Bellator Fighting
Championships lightweight title, winning all his fights with
submissions, over Toby Imada, Eric Reynolds, and Greg Loughran. We
analyzed his style, which effectively combines boxing, wrestling, jiu-
jitsu, and muay Thai. We discussed his fights last year in the Dream
organization in Japan against Joachim Hansen, Tatsuya Kawajiri, and
Shinya Aoki. And we talked about his plans to fight in the future for
the Bellator Fighting Championships after taking a very well-deserved
rest.

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MMA legend Pat Miletich helps out with the UFC 100 preview and Jacob "Stitch" Duran talks about why he's one fo the best cutmen in the fight game.

Nick Pace launches one against Collin Tebo.

Bellator Fighting Championships has been holding tournament-style weekly events - which are later braodcast on ESPN Deportes - all over the country. The organization has kind of been under my radar, but this clip got my attention.

from sherdog.com:
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- It was a rocky start for Eddie Alvarez, but the heavy favorite eventually breezed past Greg Loughran with a first-round guillotine choke in 2:44 at Bellator Fighting Championships 1 inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Unaware of his underdog status, Loughran had no problem standing in front of Alvarez and used his reach advantage to clip the Philadelphia Fight Factory star and drop him to his knees. Alvarez composed himself quickly and dropped levels, shooting in for a double-leg to get Loughran down. Alvarez found the guillotine from there, sealing his slot in the next round of the lightweight tournament.

The tourney's other blue-chip prospect, Jorge Masvidal, also advanced with relative ease. Although a strong wrestler, seasoned opponent Nick Agallar chose to circle and trade with the sharp American Top Team striker for the opening minute. Masvidal floored Agallar early and wasted no time pouncing on him. Agallar made no attempt to get back to his feet or recover guard, leaving referee Troy Waugh no choice but stop the bout at 1:19.

Jon Anik & co. talk to Bobby Lashley and his plans to rise in the heavyweight ranks, as well as a preview of Bellator Fighting Championships, for which Anik will provide English play-by-play.

from mmajunkie.com:
On the eve of its debut event, upstart promotion Bellator Fighting Championships has announced plans to make its broadcast available in an English-language format.

The 12 weekly episodes planned for Bellator's debut season will be available on the organization's official website.

ESPN.com's Jon Anik and MMA veteran and "Human Weapon" host Jason Chambers will call the action for English-speaking fans.

Previous announcements by the organization were noncommittal on possible English-language broadcast plans.

On a side note, Bellator's possible event later this month at the Bryce Jordan center has been postponed, according to Greg Sirb, executive director for the Pa. state athletic commission.

I spoke with Greg Sirb, executive director of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, on Tuesday, and he told me about some major events that could be happening in the Keystone State this year, now that MMA is legal.

Possibility number one is that Bellator Fighting Championships, a series of events to be shown on ESPN Deportes, will stage an event at the Bryce Jordan Center on April 24, to be broadcasted the next day.

Possibility number two is that the UFC will hold an event somwhere in the state, although Dana White has said Philly, before the end of the year. Sirb told me yesterday it could be Philly, or it could be Pittsburgh.

As with these and any other events, "We haven't scheduled anything yet," Sirb said.