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“ABC has been waiting for Julian Marquez,” he said. “ABC is ready to rock with Julian Marquez. But this is the thing: is ABC ready to be able to blow me up like they're about to?”

Given his charisma and penchant for producing drama inside the Octagon on fight night, Julian Marquez would appear to be a natural to compete on network television. But as his April 10 bout against Sam Alvey approaches, is ABC ready for Marquez?

“ABC has been waiting for Julian Marquez,” he said. “ABC is ready to rock with Julian Marquez. But this is the thing: is ABC ready to be able to blow me up like they're about to?”

It’s the answer you expect from “The Cuban Missile Crisis,” and one that may very well be true, because on this kind of platform, it’s the perfect vehicle for the middleweight prospect to take his notoriety to an entirely different level.