{"id":134137,"date":"2015-03-25T03:40:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T10:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=134137"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:42:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:42:35","slug":"masvidal-talks-iaquinta-fight-wanted-5-15-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/masvidal-talks-iaquinta-fight-wanted-5-15-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Masvidal Talks Iaquinta Fight &#8212; &#8216;I wanted #5, not #15 in the rankings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/masvidal-happy-iaquinta-booking\/jorge-masvidal-wins-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128675\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-128675 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-WINS.png\" alt=\"Jorge-Masvidal-WINS\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-WINS.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-WINS-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-WINS-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Jorge-Masvidal-WINS-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI said that and I don\u2019t want to go back on myself. Nothing\u2019s changed. I wanted No. 5 (in the rankings), not No. 15, but it\u2019s whatever. It\u2019s the business. People get hurt and things happen. I\u2019m not stoked about it. Just give me the toughest guys out there. I\u2019m not asking for a title shot, I\u2019m not asking to be ranked in the top-three or anything like that. What I\u2019m asking for is: whoever you think can kick my ass, put them in front of me. If you think this guy is going to run right through me and embarrass me, put that dude in front of me. Watch what I do to him. I\u2019ve been fighting for a long time and everywhere I\u2019ve been at, I\u2019ve kicked ass. Every major promotion I\u2019ve had a winning record. It hasn\u2019t changed in the UFC. I still have a winning record. If you put me with bigger, badder names, then I\u2019m going to keep winning and get the biggest names possible. That\u2019s all that\u2019s in my head and what I think about every day. Just fighting the best out there.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/03\/ufc-fight-night-63s-jorge-masvidal-on-al-iaquinta-hes-a-boy-and-im-a-full-grown-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, Jorge Masvidal talked about his upcoming fight against Al Iaquinta.<\/p>\n<p>The ATT lightweight was originally slated to face Benson Henderson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI said that and I don\u2019t want to go back on myself. Nothing\u2019s changed. I wanted No. 5 (in the rankings), not No. 15, but it\u2019s whatever. It\u2019s the business. People get hurt and things happen. I\u2019m not stoked about it. Just give me the toughest guys out there. 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