<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="brashleyholland" data-cite="brashleyholland" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26660" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So Eddie Alvarez and Bellator came to an agreement. Eddie will rematch Chandler (Michael, not Bing) on the undercard of the Ortiz-Rampage PPV. <p> </p><p>
The deal means that Eddie won't have to sit out potentially another year or two, wasting his prime and killing his value. On the downside, it's now highly unlikely that we'll ever see him in the UFC. </p><p> </p><p>
It also doesn't bode well for seeing any Bellator champions make the jump to the UFC when their contracts come up. The UFC would have to make obscenely over valued offers that Bellator would be unwilling or unable to match. </p><p> </p><p>
Bellator have invoked their 'title fight rematch clause' to make the Alvarez/Chandler rematch happen. Essentially it means they can bypass their 'rule' of a fighter having to win a tourney to get a title shot. They also came up with a ridiculously convoluted point system yesterday for keeping champions active if a tourney winner can't fight due to injury. </p><p> </p><p>
Both the points system and the PPV were put together for Bellator to cover themselves in this and future legal cases.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p>
I'm very happy that he's back. I hate seeing fighters waste away on the sidelines. I don't think he'd do particularly well in the UFC anyway, but his fights would probably be exciting as hell. </p><p> </p><p>
IMO, Bellator needs to distance itself from tournaments (which it is already kind of doing). I love tournaments when they make sense, but you don't have to determine every title challenger with a tourney.</p>