Bellator to match UFC offer to Alvarez.

[lynchman]

Which would be huge, because Bellator said that PPV bonus was only hypothetical because the UFC could choose book Alvarez on only FUEL TV cards.

Now Alvarez can point to this bout agreement, along with Jones' and Chael's PPV headlining draw history and show how much Alvarez will potentially make on this card.

This might be the trump card that Alvarez' lawyers need to make Bellator back down.

The Fuel argument is beyond stupid as the UFC offer included on network bout on Fox and Bellator was trying to say it did not nec mean Big Fox, but the Fox corp. Bellator trying to argument that Fuel is a network would crash and burn as the term "network television" is almost universally recognized as being the big 4.

[tdog628]

I think Bellator needs to realize what they are and that's a stepping stone to the big show. Let a guy that helped your company gain some legitmacy step up to the lime light now. They are just holding Eddie back.

It almost feels like they have to do it though. At the very least they are trying to delay his debut as long as they can.

They have to challenge the UFC at some point to see if they can win or else they will lose any of their top fighters based on them adding a PPV clause here or a FOX network appearance there.

I can't really blame them but it sucks for Eddie and it sucks for the fans. As far as a stepping stone goes, they drew over a million viewers for their SpikeTV debut. Don't think for one minute that doesn't make them a big threat in the MMA market.

[tdog628]

The Fuel argument is beyond stupid as the UFC offer included on network bout on Fox and Bellator was trying to say it did not nec mean Big Fox, but the Fox corp. Bellator trying to argument that Fuel is a network would crash and burn as the term "network television" is almost universally recognized as being the big 4.

They are reaching for sure, I don't even feel like they think they will win this but Viacom has deep pockets.

[mattydeathmetal]

Eddie Alvarez isn't really that good.

[lynchman]

Eddie Alvarez isn't really that good.

dude is 12-2 in the last 5 years with wins over Aok and Pat Curran. He sent, who is actually a bit larger than Eddie, down to FW.

Is he one of the best? We won't know until he faces top guys. But he is exciting and always brings it. My guess is that if he goes to the UFC, he ends up at 145 at some point.