HALIFAX – After beating Bryan Caraway at UFC Fight Night 54, bantamweight Raphael Assuncao immediately made it known he’s got seven straight wins at 135 pounds. Despite this, Assuncao already knows he’ll have to wait for opportunity if he even gets the next title shot, falling behind ex-champ Dominick Cruz, who returned from a two-year layoff to win a fight with current champ T.J. Dillashaw. Although he wants his eighth UFC win to be for the belt, Assuncao was unhappy with his performance on Saturday at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, telling MMAjunkie, “I’m very critical of my performances and I’m very critical of myself, so right now, all I’m thinking about is … obviously, in the cage, I had to be vocal about it. It’s not easy having a seven-fight win streak, especially in MMA and in the UFC
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Raphael Assuncao not entirely happy with performance despite title shot desire – MMA Junkie