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

Categorized in : You Win Inside Losing

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.

fight you proud time

I'm a whole lot more than just Spanish or Irish or whatever, but definitely, it's given me help. It's given me a push, and I'm very proud of my Spanish heritage.

push me heritage proud

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.

i-am best me world

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

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

going everyone because like

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

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

here out someone hard

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

carry butt back where

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.

control you fighting people

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.

day good myself success

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

well get who good

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

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

fight best like fighting