Just a day after new Bellator MMA President Scott Coker told MMAjunkie that the promotion was in talks with its lightweight champion , Eddie Alvarez has been released. Alvarez (25-3 MMA, 9-1 BMMA) was released by the promotion on Tuesday morning, Coker first told ESPN.com . A Bellator MMA official confirmed the news with MMAjunkie following the initial report. An official announcement from the promotion is expected to come today. With his release, Alvarez now is a free agent, and Coker told ESPN.com the fighter is able to explore the market and sign elsewhere. For about two years, that has widely been believed to be the UFC, which talked with the fighter during his first free agency run during the era when Bjorn Rebney was Bellator’s president.
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Bellator MMA releases long embattled lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez – MMA Junkie