Even though he lost his highly publicized promotional debut, Eddie Alvarez is back in the lightweight tournament at ONE Championship 99. Alvarez (29-7) was booked for a fight against former champion Eduard Folayang (21-7), and now that fight will be one of two semifinals in the tournament since Timofey Nastyukhin (13-4) had to pull out with an injury, the promotion announced Monday. Nastyukhin knocked out Alvarez in March in an opening-round tournament fight to advance to the semifinals. Three of the four semifinalists are replacements for fighters who won in the opening round, but are injured. Amir Khan lost to Ariel Sexton, but replaced Sexton in the final four due to an injury. Folayang is in for Lowen Tynanes
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Despite debut loss, Eddie Alvarez back in ONE Championship lightweight tournament – MMA Junkie