{"id":199327,"date":"2016-07-22T08:28:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T15:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=199327"},"modified":"2016-07-22T08:28:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T15:28:57","slug":"eddie-alvarez-names-next-ideal-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/eddie-alvarez-names-next-ideal-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez names next ideal opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez wasn&#8217;t the UFC lightweight champion for more than 48 hours when he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/eddie-alvarez-begs-dana-white-for-easier-fight-following-title-win\/\">asked Dana White and the UFC for an &#8220;easier fight&#8221;<\/a>. Alvarez&#8217; desired opponent? UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-official-for-ufc-202\/\">currently slated to fight Nate Diaz in a welterweight rematch at UFC 202<\/a> on August 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Now, ahead of that fight, Alvarez has asked the UFC for the winner of the fight for a &#8220;big pay-per-view&#8221; fight.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAonSiriusXM\" target=\"_blank\">The CountDown:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Initially I want the winner of Conor-Nate. I would like a big pay-per-view, big money fight. I&#8217;m willing to wait for one of them guys. I almost got in a fight with Nate in Mexico City so maybe we can settle our differences, and if Conor happens to win I welcome that fight as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The number one contender in my weight class has fought once in about the last three years or something. So I&#8217;m a little nervous about fighting a guy like that who barely shows up to fight. So Conor and Nate, they&#8217;re the guys on my radar, one of them I&#8217;d really like to get my hands on.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One man who certainly wouldn&#8217;t be too thrilled with Alvarez fighting the winner is 23-0 Khabib Nurmagomedov, who recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-taunts-newly-crowned-champ-eddie-alvarez\/\">taunted the newly crowned champ on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Alvarez wasn&#8217;t the UFC lightweight champion for more than 48 hours when he asked Dana White and the UFC for an &#8220;easier fight&#8221;. Alvarez&#8217; desired opponent? UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who is currently slated to fight Nate Diaz in a welterweight rematch at UFC 202 on August 20th. 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