UFC lightweight Eddie Alvarez has not seen the light of the media ever since his devastating loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC 178 in September.

Alvarez talked to The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani and shared his thoughts over what transpired after his loss. He said "I've kinda been a recluse lately. I've just been keeping away from Twitter. I apologize to my fans. I apologize to everyone. I haven't talked much or did anything, but I needed a little bit of time after the fight. That's all."

The reason for his disappearance is obvious to many. He was mad and upset at himself knowing that he could have done better.

He adds "I put a lot into this. I put a lot of sacrifice into it. I moved my family from Philadelphia to Florida. I put a lot of people through a lot of sacrifices. For me to go out there and be anything but perfect, I get angry if I'm not. I made a couple of mistake during the fight. I wasn't able to compete the way I wanted to compete. I came up short. It definitely wasn't the night and it wasn't the stage to do it on. I was angry. I'm still angry. I'll get it figured out. There's a couple of small adjustments that need to be made. I'll make them adjustments and I'll win my next one, for sure."

But despite this mindset, Alvarez remains optimistic as he knew that the fight against Cerrone was not that bad. He knew that he has lots to improve and lots to learn from his last fight and he is open to seeing the good and the bad side of the game.

He said "I think I fought the first round well. Let me just say Cerrone did a good job of figuring some things out and sticking to his game plan. He did a better job than I did of executing that night. That's what I'm most mad about. Usually I'm the one who's able to execute. I'm the one who's able to go out there and enforce my plan and he did a better job than I did. My hat's off to him. He did a good job, real good job."