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" I'm proud of both sides, and they are both really well known to be fighting heritages, so I tell everyone all the time - they say, 'What are you'? - I say I'm Irish. I'm Puerto Rican. I guess I was born to fight. "

Eddie Alvarez

Born

Fighting

Fight

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" 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. "

" 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

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" The fights for me are always about what you cannot see, the intangibles. It's about what's inside - what really is inside. "

" I'm old school, man. I think, if you want to be the best, then beat the best guys. "

" The more dangerous the opponent, the better fight I've fought. It always made me move in ways I'd never moved before. "

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

" I was never the most technical; I was never the best at one aspect at this sport, but what I was always good as was negating people's strengths and putting them in terrible situations where they're uncomfortable. "

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

" The business aspect of this sport is a contradiction to what it's really about, and that's knowing something for what it is and not just what it looks like. "

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

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

Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Fist

" 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. "

" I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me. "

" 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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" There's a lot of guys in the UFC who are good at one thing, and they get matched up stylistically well. "

" When I fought Nick Thompson, I wasn't experienced enough. That was the first person that put me in a real fight. Before Nick, nobody had put me in a fight where I had to struggle. "

Eddie Alvarez

Enough

Nobody

" You don't want to be in a fight of the year. It takes years off your life. But, it's why fans tune in; it's why people gravitate toward your fights. It's why people want to watch you fight. It's important to get into them, but it's important to try not to get into too many of them. "

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

" It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?' "

" 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. "

" Conor McGregor - this guy is so offensive minded and never on the defense that whenever you put him on the defense, he gets so flustered and so upset. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "