Former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has so far put up an impressive enough résumé of fights in the UFC alone. And as he enters the final fight of his current contract when he faces Dustin Poirier this Saturday, he is also calling for better compensation for his next deal.
“I think we’d get a deal done for sure. We’re just not there yet. I know with the UFC, you never know when you strike a deal,” Alvarez told Luke Thomas on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour (via MMA Fighting). “But I’m patient. I’ve learned to be patient, because in the past I’ve gotten ahead of myself and maybe left a lot of money on the table.