Alvarez: The way I fought at UFC 205 was a 'death sentence'

Eddie Alvarez has plenty of regrets following one of the most devastating losses of his career.

UFC 205 will be remembered for many things: Conor McGregor achieving immortality, the massive success of New York City's first professional MMA show, and Alvarez's absolute destruction at the hands of McGregor in Saturday's lightweight championship main event.

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On Tuesday, Alvarez took to Instagram to praise McGregor and accept full responsibility for the loss:

"Congrats to Connor and his camp on an amazing accomplishment," Alvarez wrote. "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."

In the statement, Alvarez put the blame on himself for going all out to "do something great," and thanked his family for supporting him. He also expressed his gratitude at being able to headline the historic show.

"Besides the outcome, I thoroughly enjoyed fight week and the lead up, it was a lot of fun," Alvarez wrote. "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 every time."

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