Jorge Masvidal (28-9) tog sig an Al Iaquinta (12-3-1) men förlorade den matchen via split-decision, en match som Masvidal själv tycker att han vann klart och tydligt.
Masvidal tycker att han hade kontroll över matchen.
”I thought I was in complete control,” berättade Masvidal för MMAFighting.com. ”Looking at the video, I wouldn’t have changed nothing if I was to fight him tomorrow, today, whatever.”
Masvidal förstår inte riktigt domarnas beslut.
”It was like they went into a 7-11, they took a couple 12 packs and Slurpees and just ran out the door,” sa Masvidal.
Masvidal vill väldigt gärna gå match så ofta han kan och skulle helst vilja gå match 5 eller 6 gånger per år.
I’d take the fight tomorrow,” sa Masvidal. ”I just want to compete. The main reason I’m in this sport is not to run mouths and make posts on Twitter and stuff. It’s to compete. If I can compete five, six times a year that would be perfect. I just want to get out there, compete and get that taste out of my mouth.”
En rematch är inte något som ibtresserar Masvidal.
”I could care less for it,” he said. ”If it happens, it does. I beat him the first time. If they tell me, this is what we want you to do, we want you to do a rematch for whatever reason, I’ll kick his ass again. I’m cleared to fight. He ain’t.”
Masvidal skulle ha fått in fler takedowns då han kände att Iaquinta inte kunde stoppa dom.
”I had a couple times where I was just like I should have took him down, for sure,” sa Masvidal. ”Because I felt like the takedown, he couldn’t have stopped it. I was just trying to catch him with another big punch. I get him to miss big and then just catch him with a big punch. It didn’t happen in the third round.”
”When you’re in the moment, emotions get to you,” sa han. ”But looking at it with a clear head, I just outpointed him in every round. I outlanded him and threw more punches than what he did in every round. Not just in the first round, not just in the second. In every round. I’m baffled. But whatever. I can’t stay stuck in the past.”
Masvidal tycker att han fick in mer slag och att Iaquinta missade med sina slag.
”I thought me hitting you and you not hitting me and me making you miss and even throwing more than you means that I won a fight,” sa han.
