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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. "

Eddie Alvarez

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Eddie Alvarez

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Eddie Alvarez

Career

Fight

" 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 boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for. "

Eddie Alvarez

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Football

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

Eddie Alvarez

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

Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Fist

" 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. "

" 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

" I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time. "

" I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it. "

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

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" 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

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" 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

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