Not all losses are created equal, you can ask Jose Aldo about that one. And, as it turns out, you can ask Eddie Alvarez too. After all, it’s not as though the ‘Underground King’ has never lost before. His career has been dotted with the, admittedly infrequent, short end of the stick.
It’s not even the first time Alvarez has lost a title belt. He lost his BodogFIGHT welterweight championship to Nick Thompson back in 2007, a bid for the WAMMA lightweight championship to Shinya Aoki back in 2008, and the Bellator lightweight title to Michael Chandler in 2011.