Alvarez-Aoki rematch in the works for Bellator

Yeah, I will likely drop the loser down several spots too unless it is an epic war of an MMA fight.

http://mmaweekly.com/shinya-aoki-confirms-fight-with-eddie-alvarez-and-talks-about-why-hes-not-in-the-ufc

Aoki confirms fight with Alvarez for the future and says he isn't fighting in the UFC right now because of his new child and family in Japan

Totally missed this thread. Awesome fight! A win by Eddie and the UFC has to make him an offer. I think he only has a few fights on his contract now, but I could be wrong. I can't remember how many fights he signed with that contract about a year ago. I'm high so I could be wrong about that too.

Help a brotha out!

Hopefully Bellator is on SPIKE by that point.

http://www.mmamania.com/2011/11/29/2595981/bellator-ceo-bjorn-rebney-discusses-season-six-and-eddie-alvarez-vs

Quote :

"We had always known that the biggest impediment to scheduling would
have been that Aoki was going to fight New Year's Eve. He is a huge draw
for DREAM
and he is a monster player in their New Year's Eve promotion. I would
still like to do Aoki vs. Ed, which is an awesome fight and a great way
for Ed to catapult his way back into that top-five conversations again."

Eddie should just book it for the UFC now that he doesn't have the belt anymore

He probably still has fights on his contract.

I've been under the impression that Eddie has been pretty financially comfortable with Bellator, and he has been very behind them in interviewa about MTV and now Spike boadcasts. I think he enjoys being part of that organization and might have more loyalty than some might expect out of a fighter.