A DEVASTATED EDDIE Alvarez has reflected on how he “fucking blew it” at UFC 205 in a brutally honest post-fight statement.
On a record-breaking night in Madison Square Garden, Alvarez lost his lightweight title to Conor McGregor in a second-round TKO, allowing The Notorious to become the first simultaneous two-weight champion in the organisation’s history.
Alvarez was critical of his own performance while praising McGregor’s in the immediate aftermath of the defeat.
And on Tuesday, he released an emotional statement where he picked through his performance and still-raw feelings in detail.
“Congrats to Connor (sic) and his camp on an amazing accomplishment,” Alvarez wrote. “These guys continue to deliver, hats off to you fellas.
“As for my performance, the only thing I can honestly say was I fucking blew it… I did nothing I trained (for), I did the complete opposite of what we planned on a daily basis for 10 weeks.
“To sum up our plan in a sentence it was “Go left and mostly wrestle.” Instead I circled into his left hand and mostly boxed. Fighting the way I did was a for sure death sentence and the result was fitting.
“I say it all the time, there is really small margin for error at this level and I paid for my mistakes. I managed to make it to the biggest stage and audience in my long career and fucked it all up when I arrived. My heart sincerely hurts and when I dwell on it, I fill up with regret and anger.
“If there was a list of what not to do against an opponent of this nature I did them all on Saturday. I am disappointed in myself and this is not a reflection of my coaches, training partners, and the endless hours of training I commit to this sport.
“Every time I get into the cage I negotiate being vulnerable and possibly embarrassed against the opportunity to do something great and grow more. I always choose the latter regardless of the uncomfortability and anxiety it brings to me. I think this choice is the only reason I ever succeeded in the first place.
“I thought in my head at least making a lot of money would make me happy but I am having a lot of trouble enjoying myself regardless of the check that’s going to be written. I am very uneasy and discontent for the most part.
“I am lucky to have my wife and my child at a time like this to help me laugh and smile and let me know everything’s gonna be all right. They are my saving grace, without them I am a shell of a man.
“Besides the outcome I thoroughly enjoyed fight week and the lead up, it was a lot (of) fun.
“I have never defined myself off one win and I’ll never define myself off one loss. I simply had a bad night. I’ll have the opportunity again to have a good one and I’ll make the walk to see what I got everytime.
“Thanx for listening – EA”
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Think i am next in line for a call up at this stage
Probably do a better job!
Lump on montenegro they are even money..we have no chance
Makes no sense playing an international friendly this time of year
Our first competitive match is September I thought, we need to play something
does it clash with your precious English league?
Nip down the Astro and grab a few lads
This doesn’t come as a surprise to me, what professional is going to line up for an international friendly against a fairly rough Serb side a couple of days before his club season begins. Only the FAI would be stupid to schedule it for then .Im sure players like Hoolahan and Pilkington want to play for Ireland but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Norwich team doctor or Paul lambert have had a little word as well, and who could blame them?
I’m pretty sure Paul Lambert won’t mind as he’s at Villa now….
ah why would paul lambert talk to norwich players??
I’ll get my coat……..
jesus a dislike for asking that……
lol
non event
with playing our first qualifier in September for the next campaign, this is far from a non event. trap has to try something new after the slaying he got because of the euros.
Just before the kick off of the season of course the clubs are going to do a sick note for the players.Silly time for friendlies.
How do you replace a whole team/organisation.
Trap’s policy of not blooding new players has come back to haunt him. He refused to introduce young players into games in the past. Now that he has lost some of his core team we have a very inexperienced squad.. It’s hard to blame the younger players for not being enthusiastic about playing for him after their previous treatment. I have to agree with the criticism about the timing of the game. This a money making venture for the FAI and has no consideration for players or their clubs?
Think your going to get a lot of this over the next couple of years have a feeling a lot of players might not want to play under trap
Once again Delaney and Co, make a mess, with just days before the start of a new English season he has a friendly, just to try make a few bob to cover his and Trapps wages.
In the words of the great Gnarls Barkley “who cares?”