According to Al Iaquinta, Thiago Alves has been asking to fight him for months. So he's willing to take the fight at UFC 205 in New York.
Al Iaquinta hasn't fought for a long time due to injury. He intends to return at UFC 205, the first UFC card in New York, and he already has an opponent in mind. It's actually an opponent that has apparently been asking to fight him for months, even though he was still rehabbing his knee and unable to fight. That man is Thiago Alves, and Iaquinta seems a bit bewildered in regards to why Alves wants to fight him so badly (via MMA Junkie Radio):
"They had kept asking me for Thiago Alves for like, frickin’ six months.