UFC president Dana White is adamant that he has no beef with Bellator, new Bellator president Scott Coker, or Spike TV. But as much as he might be trying to play nice, the Viacom owned properties aren’t exactly returning the favor. Bellator released long disgruntled lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez from any contractual obligation earlier this year. He immediately signed a new contract with the UFC, who lined him up in Saturday’s UFC 178 co-main event opposite Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone on pay-per-view. SEE ALSO: UFC Signs Eddie Alvarez, Matches Him Against Donald Cerrone Spike TV on Monday answered the UFC’s booking of Eddie Alvarez on pay-per-view by counter-programming Bellator’s former champion with a night of his greatest Bellator fights.
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