Eddie Alvarez would love to throw down with Nate Diaz at BKFC.
Alvarez makes his bare-knuckle boxing debut when he takes on fellow UFC alum Chad Mendes in the BKFC 41 co-main event, which takes place April 29 at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card will stream online on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point.
Alvarez admits that not too many names entice him these days, but if he could pick one to fight after Mendes, it’s free agent Diaz.
“We were in the same weight class, we’ve asked for him a number of times during my MMA career, during my UFC career,” Alvarez told MMA Junkie Radio. “It never came to fruition. Timing, title shots, you name it, wrong opponents. Nate Diaz is the only guy I’d want that I would only say, ‘Hey, can we sign this guy and bring him over here?’
“That’s the only one. I just think he’s the right fighter. I think he’d transition well over to here with that real ‘gangster,’ whatever he wants to be style. I think it’ll do good here. and I think that’s the only opponent that I would only want to fight. I don’t really have a desire to fight anyone besides him.”
Alvarez’s desire to fight Diaz stems from an altercation they had in 2015, during the fight week where he defeated Diaz’s teammate Gilbert Melendez at UFC 188 in Mexico City.
“I almost fought Nate in Mexico when I was fighting Gilbert Melendez,” Alvarez said. “I confronted him in Mexico City about grilling me and doing some weird little kid bullsh*t and we got into it and then UFC broke it all up. We never got to hash that out.
“And I beat up his teammate so I thought after I beat Melendez that maybe that would warrant a fight against him, but still, he never fought me. So, I think this is the right stage, this is the right opportunity to get this done. He’s a free agent, I’m over here and I’d love to fight someone like him right after this.”
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