Eddie Alvarez se u detalje osvrnuo na svoj brutalni UFC 205 poraz od Conora McGregora.

Bivši prvak lake kategorije je napisao sljedeće na Instagramu:

"Čestitam Conoru i njegovoj ekipi na nevjerojatnom postignuću. Skidam vam kapu. Što se tiče moj izvedbe.. Zabrljao sam. Nisam učinio ništa od onoga što smo trenirali. Radio sam suprotno od onoga što smo trenirali svakoga dana, deset tjedana. Naš plan je bio kružiti lijevo i hrvanje, a ja sam umjesto toga kružio prema njegovoj lijevoj i većinom sam boksao. Moj način borbe je bio smrtna kazna i rezultat je bio prikladan. U ovom sportu, na ovom nivou, nema mjesta za pogreške i ja sam platio za svoje greške.

Uspio sam doći na najveću pozornicu i zaribao sam kada sam stigao. Srce me boli, kada razmišljam o tome osjećam žaljenje i bijes. Radio sam sve s liste stvari koje se ne smiju raditi protiv ovakvog protivnika. Razočaran sam u sebe i ovo nije odraz mojih trenera, trening partnera i vremena koje sam posvetio ovom sportu.

Razmišljao sam kako će barem dobra zarada ublažiti bol ali teško mi je uživati bez obzira na ček koji će biti ispisan. Sretan sam što imam ženu i dijete u ovakvom trenutku, oni mi pomažu da se smijem i pokazuju mi da će sve biti dobro. Oni su moj spas, bez njih sam nitko.

Uživao sam u tjednu nastupa, bilo je jako zabavno. Nikada se nisam definirao na temelju jedne pobjede, a neću niti na temelju jednog poraza. Imao sam lošu večer, no imat ću priliku imati dobru večer. Uvijek ću odraditi taj hod prema kavezu."

 

Congrats to Connor and his camp on an amazing accomplishment , these guys continue to deliver ,hats off to you fellas . As for my performance , the only thing I can honestly say was I fucking blew it ... I did nothing I trained , I did the complete opposite of what we planned on a daily basis for 10 weeks . To sum up our plan in a sentence it was "Go left and mostly wrestle " instead I circled into his left hand and mostly boxed . Fighting the way I did was a for sure death sentence and the result was fitting . I say it all the time, there is really small margin for error at this level and I paid for my mistakes . I managed to make it to the biggest stage and audience in my long career and fucked it all up when I arrived , my heart sincerely hurts and when I dwell on it I fill up with regret and anger . If there was a list of what not to do against an Opponent of this nature I did them all on Saturday . I am disappointed in myself and this is not a reflection of my coaches , training Partners , and the endless hours of training I commit to this sport . Every Time I get into the cage I negotiate being vulnerable and possibly embarrassed against the opportunity to do something great and Grow more . I always choose the latter regardless of the uncomfortability and anxiety it brings to me , I think this choice is the only reason I ever succeeded in the first place . I thought in my head at least making a lot of money would make me happy but I am having a lot of trouble enjoying myself regardless of the check thats going to be written , I am very uneasy and discontent for the most part . I am lucky to have my wife and my child at a time like this to help me laugh and smile and let me know everything's gonna be all right , they are my saving Grace , without them I am a shell of a man . Besides the outcome I thoroughly enjoyed fight week and the lead up , it was a lot fun . I have never defined myself off one win and I'll never define myself off one loss ,I simply had a bad night .. I'll have the opportunity again to have a good one ,, and I'll make the Walk to see what I got Everytime . Thanx for listening -EA

A photo posted by Eddie Alvarez (@ealvarezfight) on Nov 15, 2016 at 7:20am PST