Scott Coker hopes to sign Eddie Alvarez with Bellator

“I love Eddie’s style of fighting,” Coker said.

“The building we’re going to (Bellator 286) is his fight with Chandler back in the day. It’s been a long ride. He’s had a great career. I love our roster the way it sits now. We’d be interested in Eddie – we’re definitely interested in having a conversation with his manager or agent Lloyd. I think we’re scheduled to talk next week sometime. There’s nothing that’s concrete or anything – all preliminary talks. If it makes sense for everybody then maybe we would consider it.”

“My messy divorce with Bellator was with Bjorn Rebney,” Alvarez said.

“It wasn’t with Scott Coker. I was freed by Scott Coker. I was not held captive by Scott Coker. They fired Bjorn and then Scott Coker took head and I was freed. My issue was never with Bellator, the name. I had a spat with a CEO or the president and that president got fired.”