UFC on FOX 27 winner Bobby Green's callout of Eddie Alvarez, Kevin Lee has to do with Nate Diaz

CHARLOTTE – As an up-and-coming fighter, UFC lightweight Bobby Green once slept on Nate Diaz’s couch. So he feels a little more loyalty than usual to Stockton, Calif.’s native son.

That’s why Green used his UFC on FOX 27 platform to defend those who wish ill upon his friend, calling out former champ Eddie Alvarez (29-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Kevin Lee (16-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) for dogging Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC) on Twitter.

“I just felt like everybody’s trying to do this pick-on thing, trying to get notoriety off of his name off the Conor (McGregor) stuff,” Green (24-8-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) told MMAjunkie after outpointing Erik Koch (15-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) at Saturday’s event, which took place at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. “I’m like, ‘If y’all really want to fight, come over here and holler at me.’ It’s that simple.”

Green took a page from Diaz’s book in the way he stalked Koch over three rounds, slowly taking over the fight. He goaded Koch between rounds and poured on the pressure as the fight went into deep water. It was his first win in three years, and a triumphant one.

Also, it could help pay some bills. Green measures his success by post-fight bonuses.

Bobby Green after his UFC on FOX 27 win.

“I’ll let you know if I get that check,” he said. “Then I can take care of the kids. Because the check still equals out just about as much as I got paid. At the end of the day, the check is the ‘take care of the kids.'”

Hopefully, the promotion hands out a check of the undisclosed variety, because official “Fight of the Night” bonuses announced after the event did not include Green.

“I’m busting my ass out there, bro,” he said.

For his next time out, Green will gladly do the same to step up on behalf of his former roommate. In particular, he’d like to take on onetime interim title challenger Lee.

“I love Eddie,” he said. “Eddie’s like a legend. No disrespect – he just called my cousin out. But Kevin Lee, I feel like he’s a mouthpiece, and he didn’t earn what he got with a title shot.

“He didn’t earn that (expletive). He just basically talked his way into stuff. Come see a real fighter and we’ll see how tough you are then.”

Although Green doesn’t consider himself a talker of trash outside the ring, he’ll make an exception this time around.

“I just want to let them know – I see y’all,” he said. “I see y’all trying to jump on the bandwagon and get a big payday. OK, well, he’s got homies, too, that are going to back him up.”

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