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" I don't have a nickname. But, hey, they can call me what they want - The Silent Assassin, The Underground King. In Japan, they call me American Knuckle Star. Call me what you want. "

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" I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that. "

Eddie Alvarez

Underestimate

Good

Game

" I'll beat a bunch of good guys, and then I'll get a ton of fans come up to me and go, 'Do you think you can beat Conor McGregor?' And I'm like, 'Oh my God. You guys are disillusioned.' They think because this man's popular he's good. "

Eddie Alvarez

Think

God

" With MTV2, every fighter is exposed to millions of people, and they won't have to take a monster pay cut to do so. "

" Money is always a motivating factor, but money has never been my driving force. In my first fight, I paid the promoter in order for me to fight. I was in the hole 300 bucks for that. Money has always been a byproduct of me doing something I love. "

Eddie Alvarez

Love

Money

" I really didn't want to enter the UFC in a fight that nobody really cared about or where people thought I was just going to whoop some guy. "

" Typically, I would say that I'm not defined by one loss and I'm not defined by one win. But I'd be lying if I told you I didn't harp on the loss at Madison Square Garden. "

" I think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are. "

" People say I'm good at standup. I don't even think I'm that great at standup. I just hit hard. I don't think I'm super technical or anything like that. I got a couple knockouts. I think I just hit hard more than anything. "

" I'm a whole lot more than just Spanish or Irish or whatever, but definitely, it's given me help. It's given me a push, and I'm very proud of my Spanish heritage. "

Eddie Alvarez

Push

Proud

" I believe that in order for me to consider myself one of the top ranked lightweights in the world, I have to go out and dominate the fight. "

Eddie Alvarez

Top

Myself

" I'm not here if Bill Hunter never forced my hand in wrestling. It was a pivotal point in my life. "

" There's not a single strike that good preparation can't negate. "

" Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it. "

" Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us. "

Eddie Alvarez

Bad

Dealt

" Where in normal neighborhoods, they would play stick ball and hockey and baseball, we used to slap box and bring boxing gloves down the street and box each other. "

" I like to keep a high pace, violent fight. I don't like to waste time, and I don't like to go to the judges. I feel like I've fought long enough where I can adapt to just about any situation. "

" I will fight whoever the UFC wants me to fight. "

Eddie Alvarez

Wants

Fight

" I want the best guys the promotion has to offer, put them in front of me, and I'll beat them. "

Eddie Alvarez

Promotion

Want

" I've got the fighting Irish, and Puerto Ricans are some of the best fighters in the world. I'm proud of who I am, but it doesn't define me as a person. "

Eddie Alvarez

World

I Am

" I can walk into a restaurant and knock five guys out, become 5-0 real quick. It's about the quality of opponent. You have to beat the right guys to call yourself the No. 1 contender. "

" I want to prove the naysayers wrong. They're everywhere. And to be honest with you, they're all I see, and they're what motivates me. "

" I don't like going to 155; I do it because everyone else does. "

Eddie Alvarez

Everyone

Going

" I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator. "

" The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold. "

" When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations. "

" I'm looking to grab the UFC and pull them back in the direction of Philadelphia. "

" I'm my own biggest critic, so no matter what was being said in the media or being said by fans, I feel the worst when I disappoint myself. "

" I enjoy fights the most once them nerves go away and you settle into the fight. That's when you can have your fun and be creative and just kind of be yourself. "

" I don't want to go that route where I'm going into fights dehydrated. I used to fight at 170 pounds. I was 10-0 at 170 with eight knockouts. I'm not going to listen to somebody from the outside tell me what weight I should be fighting at. "

" Going in there just to win and put on a boring fight, I don't want to be related to anything like that. "