Quotes from Eddie Alvarez

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I started this fight career with one objective. When I step inside a ring or an octagon, it is to beat the guy in front of me.

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.

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.

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

Where most kids play stickball and hockey, I'd walk down the streets with two sets of boxing gloves and knock on my friend's door and see if he wanted to box. There were boxing gyms on every corner.

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

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

If I can put the right guy with the right mouthpiece in front of the right opponents, we can build a champion, but he doesn't really have to beat the best guys; we just have to give him the right matchups.

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

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.

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

I'm not much of a planner. I set a goal and there really is nothing else... no plan B.