After years of anticipation and back-and-forth chatter, Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez finally mixed it up in the center of the Octagon last night (Sat., June 13, 2015) in the co-main event of UFC 188 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Unfortunately, the bout didn't quite live up to the hype, as the the three-round affair couldn't deliver the spark many in attendance and others watching home were expecting. Of course, the fact the Alvarez couldn't see out of one eye for most of the fight, had plenty to do with it.
And it was all thanks to one of "El Nino's crushing elbows that landed perfectly in the eye socket of the former Bellator champion.