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Eddie Alvarez Thinks Pettis Was Trying to Save Face With Diaz Mention

September 1, 2015 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Eddie Alvarez thinks that Anthony Pettis was hedging his bets when he tried to tack on Nate Diaz as an alternate opponent he wants to face. Pettis recently said that he’d like a rematch with Rafael dos Anjos or a fight with Diaz, and Alvarez says he thinks Pettis was trying to “save face.”

“It seemed to me like, ‘I just really want to save face,'” Alvearez told MMAjunkie. “‘I don’t want to take no risks; I don’t want to fight a guy who doesn’t match up well.’ I’ve been there before. We’ve all done it. He’s just trying it. Hopefully, the UFC will let him do it.”

The implication of course is that Pettis is looking for a fight with Diaz and not with dos Anjos, who beat Pettis in March for the title. Diaz faces Michael Johnson at UFC on FOX 17.