{"id":226521,"date":"2017-03-06T11:57:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T19:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=226521"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:06:43","slug":"eddie-alvarez-says-nate-diaz-turned-down-a-fight-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/eddie-alvarez-says-nate-diaz-turned-down-a-fight-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez says Nate Diaz turned down a fight with him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has now been several months since Eddie Alvarez&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-205-results-eddie-alvarez-vs-conor-mcgregor\/\">knockout loss<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>, which marked the end of his reign as UFC lightweight champion. Despite the time that&#8217;s elapsed since then, he still doesn&#8217;t have another fight booked.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez has, however, spoken to the UFC about a few prospective opponents. One of these opponents has been the fan favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> \u2013 an opponent Alvarez said he&#8217;d be very interested in. He explained his interest in this fight on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/3\/6\/14824066\/the-mma-hour-with-georges-st-pierre-tony-ferguson-tyron-woodley\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;When I step inside the cage I want there to be some sort of value, something that I can get excited about,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A fight with a guy like Nate Diaz, or a fight with someone who&#8217;s done what I&#8217;ve done and been in the game long enough.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet while Alvarez is interested in a fight with Diaz, he says his attempts to get this fight booked have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I really thought that Nate Diaz would have fought me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He said a lot of stuff in Mexico. He looks at me funny in lobbies and sh*t like that, so I thought, worst comes to worse, Nate will definitely fight me. So I was actually shocked when they gave him a bout agreement and said no to that. I thought he&#8217;d fight me for sure. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s up with him. We&#8217;re just trying to get somebody that I can get excited about.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While this fight with Diaz isn&#8217;t likely to happen, however, Alvarez did break the exciting news that he is likely to accept a bout agreement sometime in the next few days.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We should have it finished in a day [or so],&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll be too much longer. I think if no one [exciting] pops up, we&#8217;re just gonna end up taking a fight.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who do you want to see Eddie Alvarez fight next? 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