IMO this isn't just Bellator news since there is probably atleast a 75% chance that Eddie is in the UFC next.
Source is BE.
"That's not really up to me. I'm in between with my management and promotions. Bjorn Rebney was gracious enough to give us our release papers early, earlier than what we were contractually to get, he gave it to us Friday. So we're going to try to move it along as fast as possible for myself and for Bellator. We'll see. Nothing's set in stone and I'm just waiting to see what happens, letting the management and letting the promotions do their job now."
I was looking at the current fights scheduled. Looks like the UFC doesn't have many options out there for Eddie right now. The only 2 realistic options I see is Eddie vs Maynard or some kind of 1 fight deal with Eddie vs Gilbert Melendez. With Diaz-Bendo, Showtime-Cowboy and Aldo-Edgar booked up, I don't see them putting Eddie vs someone like Wiman, Miller or Johnson.
Man, Bjorn Rebney seems to be an awesome dude. He did the same with Hector, and I can't think of another MMA promotion's president who would do that for some of their top talent. I know Dana would never in a million years do that. He's rather screw his fighter over and follow their contract to the letter while slandering them in the media if he saw one of his top guys trying to go to another promotion.
I respect Bjorn a lot with the way he's handling things and respecting his fighters.
Also, I cannot wait to see Eddie in the UFC. I have been dying to see him fight some of the top guys in the UFC for the past few years.
Alvarez wasn't released by Bellator he met his contractual obligations and became a free agent. Unless I am missing something the point of what Bellator was doing was they are waiving there 90 day matching clause so that Eddie can negotiate with outside promotions in good faith. That is what they did with Hector and it makes sense because they understand there place in the industry. Bellator needed to do that especially since they way they treated the Tyson Nam situation enforcing a 18 month clause on a fighter they released without ever competing.
Unless I'm mistaken, Eddie would have had to wait a little while, not sure how long, to receive offers from other organizations. Bellator went ahead and waived that to accelerate the process if I'm understanding it correctly.
Edit: Here is the quote:
"Based on our relationship with Ed, there's no reason to hold him to a series of months of not having the opportunity to look at those offers," Rebney said.
LOL what kind of warped logic is that? Gil ducked Eddie because the organizations couldn't put the fight together? You act like Gil refused to sign the contract or something.
Alvarez is one of my favorite fighters so I'd love to see him in the UFC. On the other hand, any chance I have of getting into Bellator is probably gone if he leaves. But...I'd rather see him in the UFC.
On thing I'm unclear on is the matching clause itself. Just because Bellator matches a contract, is the fighter obligated to take Bellator over the other? Or is it up to the fighter to choose?
The fighter is obligated to take the Bellator offer if they don't waive the clause or they have to sit out the matching period unless of course Bellator doesn't want to or can't match the offer.
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