Bellator Fighting Championships is expected to add a blockbuster main-event to its Bellator 66 line-up as top lightweight talents Eddie Alvarez (22-3-0) and Shinya Aoki (30-5-0) have reportedly come to a verbal agreement to meet on the April 20 card.
The bout would bring to fruition a highly anticipated rematch as the two competitors first met in December of 2008, when the Japanese grappling ace latched onto a fight-ending heel hook, halting the contest just a minute and a half into the first round.
After the defeat, Alvarez would go on to capture seven straight wins while becoming the first ever Bellator lightweight champion, a title he only recently relinquished when he was defeated by Michael Chandler November 19, 2011, in a bout that would go down as one of the year's best.
In his twenty-two career victories to-date, only three have come by way of decision as Alvarez has solidified himself as one of the sport's most adept finishers and will look to get back to his winning ways this coming spring.
"Tobikan Judan" Shinya Aoki has himself put together a seven-fight winning streak after getting decisioned by Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez in April of 2010. Five of those seven wins came by way of submission, bringing his total to eighteen at just twenty-eight years of age.
The DREAM lightweight champion most recently appeared December 31, 2011, when he defeated Satoru Kitaoka by unanimous decision at Dream - Fight for Japan: Genki Desu Ka! New Year! 2011.
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The bout would bring to fruition a highly anticipated rematch as the two competitors first met in December of 2008, when the Japanese grappling ace latched onto a fight-ending heel hook, halting the contest just a minute and a half into the first round.
After the defeat, Alvarez would go on to capture seven straight wins while becoming the first ever Bellator lightweight champion, a title he only recently relinquished when he was defeated by Michael Chandler November 19, 2011, in a bout that would go down as one of the year's best.
In his twenty-two career victories to-date, only three have come by way of decision as Alvarez has solidified himself as one of the sport's most adept finishers and will look to get back to his winning ways this coming spring.
"Tobikan Judan" Shinya Aoki has himself put together a seven-fight winning streak after getting decisioned by Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez in April of 2010. Five of those seven wins came by way of submission, bringing his total to eighteen at just twenty-eight years of age.
The DREAM lightweight champion most recently appeared December 31, 2011, when he defeated Satoru Kitaoka by unanimous decision at Dream - Fight for Japan: Genki Desu Ka! New Year! 2011.
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