{"id":282811,"date":"2018-08-13T05:40:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T12:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282811"},"modified":"2018-08-13T05:40:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T12:40:58","slug":"raphael-assuncao-on-next-bantamweight-title-shot-ive-done-everything-i-have-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/raphael-assuncao\/raphael-assuncao-on-next-bantamweight-title-shot-ive-done-everything-i-have-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Raphael Assuncao on next bantamweight title shot: I&#8217;ve done everything I have to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most intense debates in MMA at present surrounds who deserves the next crack at UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw. There are those who feel the opportunity should go to former champion<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-bellator-champion-darrion-caldwell-expects-dominick-cruz-to-reclaim-ufc-title-by-years-end\/\"> Dominick Cruz<\/a>. There are others who feel former World Series of Fighting champion Marlon Moraes has earned the opportunity. And there are those who feel Raphael Assuncao is the most deserving man.<\/p>\n<p>According to Raphael Assuncao himself, there&#8217;s really no debating it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tFwW96\">\u201cI don\u2019t know any other reason I shouldn\u2019t be the next guy, unless they go by Twitter followers,\u201d Assuncao told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/8\/12\/17669158\/after-going-11-1-at-bantamweight-raphael-assuncao-calls-for-next-title-shot-i-dont-know-what-else-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a> this week. \u201cIf they go by Twitter followers, then I probably won\u2019t be that guy. And I can cry about it but that\u2019s the truth, right? There\u2019s nothing more I can do about it other than campaign and try to be a truthful guy. If they go by who has the most Twitter followers and Instagram followers, then I probably won\u2019t be that guy. But if they go by the most deserving, the most consistent, and one of the best fighters in the division, I\u2019ll be that guy. I\u2019d definitely be that guy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qErRkp\">\u201cI\u2019ve never missed weight. I\u2019m the most consistent guy in this division, probably up there with TJ, because TJ. is a pretty consistent champion,\u201d Assuncao added. \u201cI think he\u2019s one of the most consistent guys out there. Other than myself and TJ, there\u2019s no other fighter in there who\u2019s as consistent as we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point, Raphael Assuncao isn&#8217;t sure what else he has to do to convince the UFC that he should be the next in line for a bantamweight title shot. He&#8217;s 11-1 in the division, and 1-1 across his two previous bouts with Dillashaw. He also owns a recent win over fellow contender Marlon Moraes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"iRfx65\">\u201cI have no idea, man. I have no idea,\u201d Assuncao said. \u201cI\u2019ve done everything that I have to do, I\u2019ve done everything that I could do, and I don\u2019t know what else to do. It\u2019s a confusing time right now. It\u2019s just a crazy time in the bantamweight division, I understand that, but let\u2019s make this happen, man. I don\u2019t know what else I\u2019ve got to do. I really don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YR3072\">\u201cI\u2019m starting to think of other options, like, get a good lawyer or something,\u201d Assuncao added, laughing. \u201cI don\u2019t know what to do. 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