{"id":265117,"date":"2017-12-06T07:25:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265117"},"modified":"2017-12-06T07:27:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:27:38","slug":"eddie-alvarez-eyeing-big-mega-fight-ko-justin-gaethje-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/eddie-alvarez-eyeing-big-mega-fight-ko-justin-gaethje-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Alvarez eyeing &#8220;big, mega fight&#8221; in last fight on current contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, on the main card of UFC 218, former UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez solidified himself as MMA&#8217;s true <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/photo-bosslogic-creates-epic-tribute-king-violence-eddie-alvarez-1\/\">King of Violence<\/a>\u00a0by knocking out another frontrunner for that lofty title, Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n<p>This win over Gaethje marked the second last obligation on Alvarez&#8217;s current UFC contract. Whatever the future holds, Alvarez is hoping the UFC will give him a &#8220;big, mega-fight&#8221; for the last fight on his contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually have one fight left with the UFC,\u201d Alvarez said in a post-fight interview with<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wmmr.com\/2017\/12\/05\/eddie-alvarez-little-busted-still-recovering-happy\/\">93.3 WMMR in Philadelphia<\/a> (via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/12\/eddie-alvarez-wants-mega-fight-new-ufc-contract-after-justin-gaethje-knockout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve finished all my fights, and I have one fight left in my contract. It\u2019s time to sit down with the boss man and talk about long-term, talk about how we\u2019re going to do this thing and what big, mega-fight we can have coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this interview, Alvarez also touched on his new reputation as MMA&#8217;s most violent man. Unsurprisingly, the lightweight great is all for this monicker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the most violent man in the UFC,\u201d Alvarez explained. \u201cThey can take the No. 1, 2 and 3 (ranking). I\u2019ll just take that title, and I\u2019ll keep it. I\u2019ve been crowned. \u2026 We went in to make a point. My performances in the UFC, I\u2019ve been trying to win. Win, win, win. I\u2019ve been so focused on winning that the performance itself wasn\u2019t showing my true colors. We went in here with just the idea of, \u2018Just be as violent as we can.\u2019 The byproduct of that would be a win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez also broke down his finish of Gaethje, explaining that he knew Gaethje could bounce back with only an instant to recover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was (out after the knee),\u201d Alvarez said. \u201cI put my hands up in the air immediately. I did not want to hit him anymore after that. I felt it; he felt it. The ref, I\u2019m not going to say he was late, but I didn\u2019t want to hit him anymore. I felt it clean. That\u2019s a guy \u2013\u00a0he\u2019s like I am. You give him a split-second, and he\u2019s back in the fight, and you have to fight him all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Eddie Alvarez fight next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, on the main card of UFC 218, former UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez solidified himself as MMA&#8217;s true King of Violence\u00a0by knocking out another frontrunner for that lofty title, Justin Gaethje. This win over Gaethje marked the second last obligation on Alvarez&#8217;s current UFC contract. 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