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Kensington’s Eddie Alvarez Scores Crazy Comeback Win in the Philippines
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Eddie Alvarez, “The “Underground King.”
Kensington’s own left the UFC in 2018 and joined the ONE Championship promotion, which is based out of Singapore and features a number of Asian fighters on the roster.
Eddie lost his ONE debut back in March, and today he was matched up against former Lightweight champion Eduard Foloyang, who took Alvarez to the ground with a brutal leg strike and started throwing haymakers from above.
Then this happened, after the jump:
Disaster nearly struck twice for Eddie Alvarez (30-7, 1 NC), but "The Underground King" reversed his fortunes in classic fashion, sweeping and strangling Eduard Folayang to advance to the LW Grand Prix finals! It is his first sub win since choking Josh Neer in 2010. #DawnOfHeroes pic.twitter.com/rZEaR4taSp
— Kyle Johnson (@VonPreux) August 2, 2019
You can’t count Eddie out, ever. He has incredible guts and spirit. He could very well be the most blue collar, resilient Philly guy of all time.
FYI there’s a great UFC Fight Night on tap for tomorrow night, Robbie Lawler vs. Colby Covington, couple of high-ranking Welterweights with title implications on the line. It’s on ESPN.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com