The long-awaited Lightweight showdown between Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez last night (Sat., June 13, 2015) in the UFC 188 co-main event struggled to live up to its lofty expectations.
It wouldn't be the first time not will it be the last.
And it wouldn't be too far-fetched to blame Melendez and nose-crushing elbow that he landed in the first round that forced Alvarez to adjust his gameplan almost immediately. Rather than get roped into a firefight, Alvarez took the rest of the opening frame to recover and then game out for the second ready to wrestle.