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Eddie Alvarez Says Dana White Critics Don’t Necessarily Understand UFC President’s Position

Rather than blasting Dana White for his insistence on going forward with UFC 249 during the coronavirus pandemic, Eddie Alvarez is offering a different perspective on the role of the UFC president.

Alvarez, who was briefly the UFC champion during a four-year stint with the Las Vegas-based promotion from 2014 to 2018 before signing with One Championship, believes that most outsiders – including himself – aren’t aware of all the obligations White must fulfill.

“Dana White’s job, I don’t ever want to be in his position,” Alvarez recently said on ”Beatdown.”

“For any of us to try to play president of the UFC is silly.