34 Quotes by Raphael Assuncao

Honestly, I know rematches are always nice, but me beating the champion of my weight class in a competitive fight is nice, too.

I'm proud of what I've done. I look at it and I try to stay humble and do what I've got to do, but I think people forget, I'm the first guy to beat the win streak at Nova Uniao with Johnny Eduardo. He had an 11-fight win streak and I beat him, and people say, 'That's nothing.'

As far as managing, I've been managing myself from the beginning, so if I don't start speaking up for myself, nobody will.

Every guy I've beat has been trying to take my head off.

If I'm not a good talker, so be it, but my record will speak for itself.

I'm kind of quiet.

I would be lying I didn't mention I saw Dominick Cruz's performance at UFC 178 and was impressed by his dominating performance.

I'm 34 years old, but I still feel like I'm progressing as an athlete.

I'm not going to change who I am or the way I promote fights just to get a title shot, but I think I've done plenty to earn that shot.