{"id":119803,"date":"2014-11-19T15:19:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T23:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119803"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:08:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:08:16","slug":"benavidez-contemplates-possibility-unfulfilled-career-without-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/benavidez-contemplates-possibility-unfulfilled-career-without-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Benavidez contemplates possibility of &#8220;unfulfilled&#8221; career without title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/benavidez-contemplates-possibility-unfulfilled-career-without-title\/benavidez-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119804\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Benavidez.png\" alt=\"Benavidez\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Benavidez.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Benavidez-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Benavidez-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Benavidez is gearing up to fight Dustin Ortiz this Saturday at UFC Fight Night 57.  <\/p>\n<p>The bout is one that would extend Benavidez win streak to 2, and leaves the #2 ranked flyweight with a lot to lose against #13 ranked Dustin Ortiz, who is currently on a 2-fight win streak of his own.<\/p>\n<p>For Benavidez, his ultimate goal is to work his way up to a third bout against Demetrious Johnson.  <\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/11\/ufc-fight-night-57s-joseph-benavidez-contemplates-career-without-title-en-route-to-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie <\/a> about his career if he never won a UFC championship.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ll always be happy in the other things I\u2019ve done and accomplished, so I\u2019ll be happy.  I\u2019ll be unfulfilled because I know that I didn\u2019t reach my goal and I didn\u2019t do what I was really capable of. So there\u2019s definitely that. But I know the way I am, and it\u2019s not something that would eat at me, even though it does while I\u2019m in it. (I\u2019m beginning) to see there\u2019s other things in life, and I can\u2019t do this forever. Like after that, I want to have a family and people that love me and do other stuff. I wouldn\u2019t let it affect me and my kids and be one of those crazy coaching dads or dancing moms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there would definitely be a sense of un-fulfillment because I don\u2019t think I\u2019m delusional. I don\u2019t know if other people are. There are some fighters that think, \u2018I\u2019m never going to be world champion, but this is awesome that I\u2019m fighting professionally in the UFC.\u2019 For me, I know I\u2019m one of the best, and I was capable of that and didn\u2019t do it. That would really be the disappointing part, I think.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Benavidez is gearing up to fight Dustin Ortiz this Saturday at UFC Fight Night 57. The bout is one that would extend Benavidez win streak to 2, and leaves the #2 ranked flyweight with a lot to lose against #13 ranked Dustin Ortiz, who is currently on a 2-fight win streak of his own. 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