The defending champion of Bellator in lightweight, Eddie Alvares, was one of those who was upset by news that Gilbert Melendez remains with UFC, and its signing in Bellator breaks.

Alvares was upset, but not surprised completely not with similar succession of events. According to the champion, Melendez any forces tries to avoid a duel with it.

"Everywhere, where Gilbert was, he wants to be master of the situation, and for this reason it avoids me already for many years", - Alvares in MMAFighting.com interview declared. "Actually, he didn't want to come to Bellator, and never was eager to act in that organization where I acted. It had an opportunity to fight in Dream, but it didn't make it. It could subscribe in Bellator, and again occurred nothing. He doesn't want to come there where there are I. It is through false. He said that wants to fight with me, but actually it simply a mask – he doesn't want it. He knows that it for him bad fight, and is the real truth"

It should be noted that in 2010 many hearings that Bellator and Strikeforce will hold joint event went and will organize superfight between Eddie Alvares and Gilbert Melendez. As a result, the duel didn't take place, and the president of Bellator, Bjoern Rebni, as well as Eddie Alvares, laid all blame for it on the director general of Strikeforce, Scott Cocker.

It isn't excluded that similar statements Alvares prepares for himself the soil for transition to UFC where he seeks to get long ago. According to hearings, Eddie Alvares's contract with Bellator is calculated on two duels, and it becomes really free agent after will carry out the third fight smaykly Chendler who will take place on May 17 in Memphis.

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