Eddie Alvarez Quotes

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Eddie Alvarez

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 11, 1984

It's MMA - anything can happen. You can throw a punch from one knee, a punch from anywhere.

Eddie Alvarez

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

Eddie Alvarez

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.

Eddie Alvarez

Although I'm shorter, all of my weight I carry in my back and my butt. That's where most of my weight is.

Eddie Alvarez

Fighting in general, but especially when I was younger, was tough to deal with because there are so many external things going on that want to control you that most people have no clue about.

Eddie Alvarez

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.

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

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I've been fighting the best guys, so I would like a gimme fight.

Eddie Alvarez

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

Eddie Alvarez

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.

Eddie Alvarez

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.

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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.

Eddie Alvarez

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

Eddie Alvarez

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

Eddie Alvarez

Out of nowhere, they made an interim belt and had Lee fight Ferguson. This is very odd for me; what went on there? You know. I don't know what went on there.

Eddie Alvarez

I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot.

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I know what I can do at 155.

Eddie Alvarez

I've knocked a ton of guys out. I know the power I have and the advantages I have against the best in the world.

Eddie Alvarez

I rarely think that when a guy loses a fight, it's a weight issue. You can either fight, or you can't.

Eddie Alvarez

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.

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