Alvarez says Poirier's legacy in the sport is 'enough' even without a gold belt to top it all off.
Eddie Alvarez doesn't look at Dustin Poirier any differently, knowing "The Diamond" will probably go his entire career without touching undisputed UFC gold.
"I think a lot of the audience just wanted to see Dustin kind of finish this . You know what? It really doesn't f****** matter," Alvarez said of Poirier on '. "The belts are for and Dustin knows this, the belts are, they're material and they're for the casual audience. What he's done and what he's created and the people he's beat, myself included, that stuff - that's got to be enough.
A former champion in Bellator MMA before, it took Alvarez until he was 32 as he captured the UFC Lightweight title from Rafael Dos Anjos in 2016. Alvarez's title reign in arguably the UFC's busiest division was short-lived, but not forgotten, losing the championship to Conor McGregor in a historic moment at UFC 205 later that year.
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