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According to Eddie Alvarez, Bellator is now suing him for breach of contract.
According to Eddie Alvarez, Bellator is now suing him for breach of contract.
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I don't know much about the legal world, but I'm hoping that this doesn't end up being a long drawn out process because I'd like to see Eddie in the UFC sooner rather than later. Hopefully he isn't strong armed into staying in Bellator when he's ready to move on. I tend to believe Eddie when he says that Bellator didn't match and that UFC's offer was stronger, but I guess that's for the court to decide. I guess Dana was right when he said this would get ugly.Comment
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Eddie has two choices:
Sit out a year and wait until Bellator's matching option ends
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Sign the deal and fight for Bellator for the next 40 months (or 8 fights what ever comes first).
Bjorn isnt likely to budge on this and since the UFC didnt offer a Lombard deal (Huge signing bonus with guaranteed PPV percentage even if he isnt in the main event), Bellator was able to match.
The court is likely to side with Bellator because technically they did match Eddie's deal. He gets the same money per fight. Same signing bonus and PPV percentage if he ever headlines a PPV. The problem is Bellator will probably never have a PPV. Bjorn can bull**** and act like Chandler/Alvarez 2 would headline a PPV but you and I both know it wont. Even if it did, I would be shocked if they even drew 50k ppv buys (Fedor was only able to draw 100k in Affliction when he was considered the best HW in the world).Comment
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The reason Bellator signs all guys to contracts that they can match is because you can easily lose and get out of your contract. This way they aren't able to lose on purpose.Comment
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A breakdown of Eddie's deals:
If Eddie Alvarez frees himself from Bellator, he stands not only to become an immediate UFC lightweight title challenger but also to profit handsomely from pay-per-view sales.
But if he stays with Bellator, the 28-year-old fighter won't be in the poorhouse, either.
A UFC contract offers Alvarez an immediate title shot in March and a cut of the promotion's pay-per-view profits, according to an exhibit in a lawsuit Bellator MMA filed against the 28-year-old fighter, a copy of which today was obtained by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
An eight-fight deal starts Alvarez at $70,000 to show and $70,000 to win and raises in $5,000 increments with each win until it tops out at a guaranteed $210,000 for a win, the exhibit states. Alvarez is also guaranteed a $250,000 signing bonus, payable in two installments of $85,000 and one of $80,000.
When Alvarez fights on a UFC pay-per-view broadcast, the offer entitles him to $1 for each "buy" between 200,000 and 400,000 buys, $2 per buy between 400,000 and 600,000 buys, and $2.50 per buy over 600,000 buys.
Additionally, Alvarez is guaranteed a fight on a UFC on FOX card and three appearances as a commentator at UFC-branded events.
The exhibit confirms a previous claim from Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney that his promotion merely changed window dressings on the UFC's offer. Mentions of UFC parent company Zuffa are simply crossed out and replaced with Bellator.
It also shows Bellator offered three additional bonuses to Alvarez when Bellator decided to match the UFC's offer. Included was a $25,000 payout for participating in a behind-the-scenes show filmed by Bellator broadcast partner Spike TV, a $100,000 payout for a head coach position on the second season of Bellator's reality show, and a guest host spot on Spike TV's "Road to the Championship" program.
And Alvarez stood to receive a $250,000 signing bonus upon re-upping with Bellator.
The deals are the same – on paper. But Bellator and Alvarez disagree on their value, and they've taken their cases to the court of public opinion.
Before they did that, though, they sued each other.Comment
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UFC released 9 fighters today including FootballForever's cousin Joey Gambino. These cuts were expected with the new SF signings.Comment
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More to come most likely as well.Cincinnati Reds University of Kentucky Cincinnati Bengals
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Damn, future endeavor time UFC style.Originally posted by MoOriginally posted by MoOriginally posted by MoComment
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Damn, tough business. I thought Gambino and Uri****ani deserved another shot.Comment
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A dark horse I think is Tito. He should get in, he's seemingly done fighting, at least in the UFC, but there's the whole animosity between him and Dana.Comment
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This proves Anderson Silva has a glass jaw!
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Watching old UFC knockouts, two things I notice:
Refs do a lot better job stop fights now than they did back in the early 2000's.
There are much better looking women and people in general in the crowd today than there were then.Originally posted by MoOriginally posted by MoOriginally posted by MoComment
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Didn't know the Blackzillians camp was so deep. They pretty deep now:
BLACKZILIANS FIGHTERS
Abel Trujillo
Alistair Overeem
Andrew Whitney
Anthony Johnson
Braulio Estima
Claude Patrick
Cosmo Alexandre
Danillo Villefort
Dion Staring
Eddie Alvarez
Fabio Mello
Gesias Cavalcante
Guto Inocente
Henri Hooft
Jorge Santiago
Junior Killer
Kamaru Usman
Karanta Fatty
Kendrick Miree
Lucas Jackson
Luiz Firmino
Marcus Silva
Mario Sperry
Matt Mitrione
Melvin Guillard
Michael Johnson
Miguel Torres
Paulo Braga
Rashad Evans
Roberto Flamingo
Roy Jones
Ryan Jimmo
Sean Soriano
Siyar Bahadurzada
Thiago Silva
Tyrone Spong
Vitor Belfort
Yuri VillefortComment
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Matt Hughes regrets not moving to middle weight and fighting Anderson Silva. Really ? Anderson would have beat the brakes off of Matt. You talking 5'9 going against 6'2.
If BJ Penn and Koscheck was able to KO him and Anderson Silva striking is 10 times better then both of those guys......Yeah, Matt would have got destroyed.Comment
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