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When Ryan Straschnitzki gets settled in Philadelphia, Eddie Alvarez wants to make sure he gets a real, authentic Philly Cheesesteak.

No messing around with what tourists eat, they’re going to go for the sort of sandwich that only Philly natives know about.

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In town this week to promote his headlining fight against Dustin Poirier on July 28 at the UFC’s first show in Calgary since 2012, Alvarez and his opponent both stopped by the Foothills Medical Centre to meet Straschnitzki, the Humboldt Broncos star who was recovering from the April bus crash that paralyzed him from the chest down.

Only 12 hours later, Straschnitzki was being transferred to Philadelphia for further treatment at the Shriners Hospital for Children.

When Alvarez heard the 19-year-old was going to be coming to his hometown, the two athletes immediately started making plans.

“There’s no better place to fight and be in a fight than Philly,” Alvarez said. “Ryan’s gonna fight his fight in Philadelphia and that makes me happy. He’s going to have my cell phone number and first things first I’m gonna take him out and get him a Philly Cheesesteak, one of the finest.