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New UFC signee Eddie Alvarez plans to capture UFC Lightweight Championship, go 3-0 in the next year
Aug 25, 2014 - 11:15:14 PM
New UFC signee Eddie Alvarez plans to capture UFC Lightweight Championship, go 3-0 in the next year
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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Eddie Alvarez's entrance to the UFC next month at UFC 178 is coming in a fight which will put him in a great position should he win. With Donald Cerrone surging back up the rankings, Alvarez expects an exciting fight, and that's exactly what he's looking for.

In an interview last week with MMAFighting.com following his signing, Alvarez said he's hoping to shoot to the top quickly, and by this time next year hopes to be sitting as the UFC Lightweight Champion.

"Cowboy has been putting on great fights for a long time," Alvarez said. "It's no mystery, the guy is an exciting fighter. He does really well, and I do the same. Look, the only fights I want to be involved with at this time in my career, at this time in my life, are big fights. Dangerous guys, big events, where fans are biting their fingernails and they're asking themselves, 'oh my god, we have no clue what's going to go on.' Those are the sort of fights that I want to be involved in."

"I don't want to wait around. I'm here for the title. I want to make that clear right from the beginning. Don't get me wrong, the UFC is the premier company, the best company in the world. But I'm not here just to be a measuring stick. I'm here for the world title. That's why I signed and that's what I'm here for. It's nothing personal, but I'm going to get after these guys hard, man. I'm going to be a dangerous guy to fight."

"A year from now, I would love to put me at three fights, 3-0 in the UFC and the UFC Lightweight Champion. That's my goal."

Penick's Analysis: Alvarez has an opportunity to get into that title fight quicker than most, as it may just take a win over Cerrone. Of course, he could fight again in December or January to set up a No. 1 contender as well, given how Anthony Pettis-Gilbert Melendez won't happen until Dec. 6 anyway, but if the winner of that fight is ready for a quicker turnaround, Alvarez could be the man to get that fight if he beats Cerrone. It has to start next month in Las Vegas, but he knows what he's in the UFC for. The next step is executing that plan.

[Eddie Alvarez photo (c) Henry Dziekan III]


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