{"id":261558,"date":"2017-10-13T08:21:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T15:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=261558"},"modified":"2017-10-13T08:21:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T15:21:54","slug":"eddie-alvarez-back-not-giving-f-ck-ufc-218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/eddie-alvarez-back-not-giving-f-ck-ufc-218\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez Back to ‘Not Giving a F-ck’ For UFC 218"},"content":{"rendered":"

These next cards running into November and December through the end of the year, all feel like Christmas. We’ve made it through some rough times and kept on trucking, the UFC will be rewarding us for keeping the faith<\/a>. Just one of these fights we’ll be given the pleasure of seeing is Justin Gaethje going to war with Eddie Alvarez to potentially decide the next number one contender for the UFC lightweight title. Former champ Alvarez recently opened up about things that he felt held him back in his previous fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my mind, I\u2019m just looking, for myself, I just don\u2019t feel like I\u2019ve fought my best fight in the UFC yet. I feel like I\u2019m having a moment now where I want to say that I\u2019m not giving a f-ck and I feel like the less I give a f-ck, the better I fight. I think I cared a bit too much, even in my title fight [against Rafael dos Anjos] which I won, I just cared a little bit too much and I didn\u2019t risk enough. I just want to approach the game where I really just don\u2019t give a f-ck. I think I fight better that way.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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V I O L E N C E#TUF26<\/a> coaches meet at #UFC218<\/a>!@EAlvarezFight<\/a> takes on @Justin_Gaethje<\/a> in The Motor City on Dec. 2! pic.twitter.com\/zToAyLxZak<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC (@ufc) October 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n