Tag: Dominic Cruz

Jimmie Rivera Sets Sights On Two Big Names

Rivera is looking to get fight against a title contender next.

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Jimmie Rivera sets sights on two big names as he continues to get back to his hot streak of consecutive wins.

Former WSOF champion Marlon Moraes was able to finish Rivera by strikes after landing a huge head kick to win the bantamweight headliner at UFC Utica.

This marked Rivera’s first loss since November of 2008 and now holds a pro-MMA record of 21-2. Coming into this headliner, he was on a 20 fight winning streak, but that has been snapped.

Rivera got back to his winning ways when he picked up a decision win over former title contender John Dodson on the main card of the UFC 228 pay-per-view event at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Now, he has made it clear that he wants a fight against either former UFC bantamweight champions Dominick Cruz or Cody Garbrandt.

“Obviously my ideal is always to fight T.J. (Dillashaw for the title),” Rivera told MMAJunkie recently. “I know he might be in the works for a fight, or the Henry (Cejudo) fight might happen. Other than that, Cruz.

He said he was hurt last time; he ducked me. Get in there. I beat (Urijah) Faber and I would love to beat someone else from Team Alpha Male. I would love to fight Cody Garbrandt. I just want to keep moving forward.”

Garbrandt and Cruz currently don’t have their next fights lined up so it’s possible that the UFC can make one of these fights happen.

Garbrandt is coming off a KO loss to UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw at the UFC 227 pay-per-view event. On the flip side, Cruz was expected to return to action last December. However, that was not meant to be as he was forced out of a UFC 219 showdown with Rivera due to a broken arm.

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Two Former UFC Champs Nearly Came To Blows In Drunken Night Out

Dominick Cruz and Michael Bisping nearly came to blows during a long night of drinking.

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Two former UFC champs nearly came to blows in a drunken night out.

Both Dominick Cruz and Michael Bisping have taken to the analyst role beautifully. Both currently can be seen holding down the desk on FOX on a regular basis. It appears, however, their friendship has grown even closer through the years.

The former bantamweight champ joined Bisping on his “Believe You Me” podcast earlier this week. One of the more memorable moments of the show was when Cruz told of a drunken night out with Bisping.

It was a night that almost ended with both Cruz and Bisping coming to blows. According to “The Dominator,” it was also a night that ended with Bisping flooring his brother.

“Thank God I talked a little bit of sense to (Bisping) because at first when he was yelling to me, I was like, ‘Go ahead, Bisping. If you want to do this, we can do this right f*ck*ng now.’ I was like, ‘We can do this, but I promise you, you’re going to swing, you’re going to miss, we’re in a small place, you can’t see very well, I’m going to hit you 10 times before you even hit me once,’” Cruz recounted.

Crux may have momentarily talked Bisping down. However, according to the bantamweight great, Bisping would lay out his own brother just seconds later as he tried to be the voice of reason. Bisping, of course, denies flooring his brother, saying quote, “I may have slapped him”:

“All of a sudden, Michael Bisping’s brother comes out of nowhere and he goes, ‘Bisping, Bisping. Stop it! You’re going to get us in trouble. And Bisping just whap! Sleeps his brother in the middle of the club, just lays him out! I go, ‘Oh my God, that could have been me! Thank God I talked a little bit of sense to him because at first when he was yelling to me, I was like, ‘Go ahead, Bisping.”

Watch Michael Bisping’s podcast with Cruz right here:

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Holly Madison Goes From Taking Off Clothes to Launching UFC Clothing Line

From UFC Guest Octagon Girl to UFC Clothing Designer?…. It makes sense. Former Playboy Playmate, Holly Madison launched her new UFC clothing line yesterday and it is perfect timing, for as you can see from the picture above, she desperately needed a pair of pants. Madison’s line is sold at a retail outlet inside Mandalay Bay […]

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From UFC Guest Octagon Girl to UFC Clothing Designer?…. It makes sense. Former Playboy Playmate, Holly Madison launched her new UFC clothing line yesterday and it is perfect timing, for as you can see from the picture above, she desperately needed a pair of pants. Madison’s line is sold at a retail outlet inside Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. We’re not exactly sure what the clothing line is called but we are very sure it calls for a celebration…

And we are right! XS Nightclub inside Encore will play host to Madison’s UFC Clothing Line Launch Party tonight with several UFC stars in attendance including: Cain Velasquez, Dominic Cruz, Stephan Bonnar, Forrest Griffin, Brittney Palmer, and Kenda Perez.

So if you like to see fighters, but don’t necessarily want to get punched in the face to see stars, then head out to XS tonight at 10pm (PST) in Las Vegas for the star-studded red carpet.