The Takedown | Eddie Alvarez’s unfulfilling ONE Championship stint will leave fans wondering what might have been
- ‘The Underground King’ arrived from the UFC with much fanfare but unlike Demetrious Johnson he never truly got going
- Put it down to rotten luck or a loss of lustre, but Alvarez’s time in the Singapore-based promotion will go down as a failure
Eddie Alvarez’s eventful four-year stint in ONE Championship has finally come to a fitting end – with plenty of fanfare, but ultimately disappointment.
The 38-year-old American is now a free agent, and will no doubt covet interest from major fighting organisations like Bellator and the Professional Fighters League, and lesser lights like Bare Knuckle FC – as well as certain celebrity YouTube boxers.
While the final chapter in the legendary career of “The Underground King” is yet to be written, the postmortem of his curious – and, sadly, unsuccessful – time in ONE is certainly worth poring over.
Put it down to rotten luck or a loss of lustre, but Alvarez just simply never got going, and his time in the martial arts organisation will go down as a failure.
Alvarez, also a former lightweight champion in Bellator, arrived in ONE looking to complete a “triple crown” of major promotional titles.