Eddie Alvarez segrade under nattens UFC Fight Night 90 mot Rafael Dos Anjos via TKO i första ronden och blev därmed den nye mästaren i viktklassen. Nu vill Alvarez ha en ny match så snart som möjligt och då även en lättare match, mot den nuvarande fjäderviktsmästaren Conor McGregor.
Det här berättade Alvarez via ”MMAFighting”:
I think for me, by far, the best lightweight in this division is Rafael dos Anjos. I had the better night tonight, for sure, but this can go either way. There are great competitors and there’s a real small margin for error, and if you mess up once, it could have been me at the other end of that punch, so this guy to the right of me is the best in the division.
To be able to come out with a win over him, and before him was [Anthony] Pettis, and before him was Gilbert [Melendez], these are the best guys in the division. I’m not taking on top 15 guys. So I would ask Dana White, please give me an easier fight like Conor McGregor. I deserve that. I’ve been fighting the best guys, so I would like a gimme fight. So, Conor, I’d more than welcome that.
This has always been like a marathon for me, not a sprint. And everybody used to ask me, when are you going to go to the UFC, when are you going to challenge, telling me what I should do and when I should do it. I just think if you work hard enough and you love something, these belts and things like this are just byproducts of it.
This will not be here forever {points to belt), but I just think working hard and doing something you’re passionate about is important. And you know, right now we have the belt and I’m the champion, like I told a lot of people I would be. So, I’m happy.
Mark Henry is the brains behind our whole operation. I owe it all to Mark Henry. He’s gotten…I’ve improved so much since I’ve been back home in Philadelphia. They’ve got my body working in ways, my defense has gotten cleaner, just doing things differently. I can’t take much credit, other than just trying to get prepared for the fight. I owe everything to my coaches and my teammates.
