Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-31, pretty good finish between Eddie Alvarez and Timofey Nastyukhin but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Ufc and Bellator Lw champion Eddie Alvarez entered this fight with a professional record of 29-6-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Khabib Nurmagomedov) but he comes off the loss against Dustin Poirier (Eddie Alvarez vs Dustin Poirier 2); before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Justin Gaethje (Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje).
His opponent, Timofey Nastyukhin, has a mma record of 12-4-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.194 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year beating Amir Khan and losing to Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev. Alvarez vs Nastyukhin is the quarter-final of the One Fc lightweight world grand prix tournament: undercard of Eduard Folayang vs Shinya Aoki 2 – ONE FC 93. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: ONE Championship 93: A New Era
Date: 2019-03-31
Where: Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
Alvarez’s next fight: Eddie Alvarez vs Eduard Folayang
Alvarez vs Nastyukhin full fight video:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9M5HKPheuE
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