Eddie Alvarez has previously claimed that he's proud of his Irish roots.
The fact that the UFC lightweight champion is half-Irish will do nothing to sway the green mob that is currently descending on New York City ahead of his first title defence.
Alvarez will be standing opposite Conor McGregor on Saturday night and he is aware that 'The Notorious' may well have the more vocal support in Madison Square Garden, in spite of the fact that Alvarez is based on the east coast of the USA.
The Philadelphia fighter has this week vowed to "silence the country of Ireland" by defeating McGregor in the main event of UFC 205.
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"Everybody’s coming out to support, I’m excited. We are in Madison Square Garden and we are going to break every damn record known to man and I’m going to beat this dude down in front of everyone," Alvarez told
TMZ.
"We’re going to silence the country of Ireland. We're about to silence them, all of them!
"They don’t know crazy Irish people until they’ve seen the crazy Irish people that come from Philadelphia. The fights in the stands are going to be crazier than the ones in the Octagon. I swear!"
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