Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

I'm ready to be the underdog and challenge the champion. I'm ready to go out there and prove people wrong.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

When it is all said and done, everything is different once you get up into the cage.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

2009 is going to be a year that everything is going to fall in place for me.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

My only loss at bantamweight is to TJ Dillashaw and I also have a win over him.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

For me, being upset is different than being frustrated. Frustration, it's a little more deep inside. Being upset, you can get over it the next day.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

I like to say jiu-jitsu is like mathematics. It has to be exact otherwise you don't have it.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

I'm one of the most consistent guys in the world, in the UFC.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

What else do I have to do for a my title chance. I don't know what to do. What else do I have to do? I've fought everybody.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

I've had guys on top of me, trying to beat me up.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

All of these fights I've won, the pressure has been on me to go out there and get the win. I have to beat this guy and that guy, or I'm fighting in Brazil.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

I'm not going to take up an acting class in order to get a fight. That is not what I've worked my entire life to do. It's not what I've been living for.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

I'm always critical of myself, but I know where I stand as well.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

For my size and frame, 135 pounds fits me better, and a I feel really good here. I've actually gotten stronger because I've done a lot of strength and conditioning to actually lose the weight. It made me better.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

As a featherweight I was walking around at 155 pounds and would just have to cut those 10 extra pounds. I wasn't being very professional.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

Competing at bantamweight has only made me that much more professional.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

Everyone knows that every fight is different and there are different challenges every time you step out there.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

I live in the United States for years. No one has to translate anything for me.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

Dominick Cruz is my friend, we had a few beers together in the past, but you can't deny what I have done in the UFC.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

If I keep doing what I've been doing and keep doing my job, the title shot is going to come. That's why I take every fight very seriously.

Raphael Assuncao
Raphael Assuncao

It doesn't matter who I'm fighting or where it's at... I take every fight very seriously.