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" 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. "

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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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Silent

Want

" I've said it from the very beginning: Fighting the best guys in the world doesn't pay as good as the circus. I want to join the circus. I'm trying to get that circus money. "

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

" The idea is to go out there and win in a dominant fashion. That changes people's minds, the way they're thinking about me, and lets people know I'm here to contend for a title. "

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

Eddie Alvarez

Everyone

Going

" Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating. "

" The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great. "

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

" You win a world title, you beat the best guys in the world, and a lot of these fans are kind of misconstrued about who are the best fighters in the world. "

" I never take a round off or a run off or a push-up off; that's just not in me. "

" I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations. "

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

" When I joined UFC, I said I want to be involved in fights where millions of fans are watching, biting their fingernails, thinking, 'What the heck is going to go on here?' "

" I don't need to be told what I am or what I should do or if I beat this guy it means I'm good or if I lose to that guy it means I'm bad. I'm at peace with myself, and I know what I do every day in my training will speak for itself, and success will be a byproduct. "

" I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to. "

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

" If you're not successful at a certain weight, it rarely has anything to do with gaining or losing 10 pounds. It's something inside of you that you need to fix in order to win. It rarely has anything to do with cutting 10 pounds. "

" 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 think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on. "

" In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception. "

" My biggest fear as a fighter is to be knocked out in front of millions of people. But after it actually happened, there's this calmness about you that says everything is OK. "

" We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out. "

" 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

" These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want. "

" 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 want to fight Gilbert Melendez. "

" It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will. "

Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Fist

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

Eddie Alvarez

Bad

Dealt

" I have a tremendous support from a lot of the Underground fans. They believe in me, they want to see me do well, and they're behind me. But there are a lot of people out there who don't believe it, and so I want to separate perception and reality. I want to be able to do that. "

Eddie Alvarez

People

Support

" I want to fight only dangerous guys. Whenever I've done that in my career, I've stepped up and risen to the challenge. "

Eddie Alvarez

Want

Fight