Tag: Dominick Cruz vs TJ Dillashaw

Healthy Dominick Cruz Is Ready For Trilogy Bout With Urijah Faber

Oft-injured Dominick Cruz finally returned to action in the main event of last Sunday’s (January 17, 2016) UFC Fight Night 81 after having only competed once over the last four years, and being stripped of his title in 2014. Taking on TJ Dillashaw, “The Dominator” edged out a split decision victory to reclaim the title

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Oft-injured Dominick Cruz finally returned to action in the main event of last Sunday’s (January 17, 2016) UFC Fight Night 81 after having only competed once over the last four years, and being stripped of his title in 2014.

Taking on TJ Dillashaw, “The Dominator” edged out a split decision victory to reclaim the title he had never technically lost in a close fought bout.

Many were worried, however, when Cruz walked out of the Octagon limping heavily, apparently suffering an injury to his foot. Unaware of what the issue was, it has now been made clear that the reigning champion will luckily avoid yet another surgery.

That being said, Cruz should be ready to defend his 135-pound strap within the coming months, shifting the focus of fight fans to who may be next in line.

The logical choice would be a trilogy bout with bitter rival No. 3-ranked divisional mainstay Urijah “The California Kid” Faber. Soon after his most recent bout, “The Dominator” made it seem as if he was sick of talking about Faber, appearing to be uninterested in the bout.

However, his tune has now changed, as he has expressed interest in finishing “The California Kid” once and for all:

“For the past four years, the only name I’ve been asked about is Faber,” Cruz said in a text message to MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani. “Whether I’m on the FOX desk or shopping at the mall. Let’s get him out of my face and out of the way, so I can continue to clean out the division.

“We owe it to the fans to make this trilogy happen. It’s been almost a decade in the making.”

Faber came out on top when the two met for the first time in 2007, scoring a submission victory, but it was Cruz who walked away with a decision victory in the rematch in 2012.

Who will settle the score when these two bantamweight legends inevitably meet for a third time?

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It’s Official, Matt Brown Wins The Internet With This Hilarious Comment

Matt Brown didn’t agree with the decision between TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz, and he just got in to some beef over it. You gotta see this… Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw fought five rounds at UFC Boston this past weekend, and the result was a close split decision that has the MMA community divided.

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Matt Brown didn’t agree with the decision between TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz, and he just got in to some beef over it. You gotta see this…

Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw fought five rounds at UFC Boston this past weekend, and the result was a close split decision that has the MMA community divided. As has become quite the trend in the past year, Cruz snatched the title from Dillashaw on the judge’s scorecards, scores that have become a hot topic in the two days since. After Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit had a similar outcome, except ‘Ruthless’ kept the belt, some fans are beginning to lose patience with the current scoring system.

Of course many will argue that Cruz vs. Dillashaw wasn’t as close as the previously mentioned UFC 195 main event, here are the scorecards for your viewing pleasure:

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You could argue that the fact the scoring is so contrasting between judge 2 and 3 is quite concerning, and this type of split often causes big controversy. Obviously the scorecards tell very little of the action that took place punch by punch, so what do the Fight Metric tallies look like? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered on that front too.

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So the arguments will continue rampantly regardless of the fight stats and judge’s scorecards. One well known fighter that’s up in arms about the UFC Boston scoring is welterweight slugger Matt Brown. ‘The Immortal’ actually got in to it with a fellow fighter on Twitter last night, providing one of the most hilarious comebacks in MMA quarrel history. Brown has most certainly won the internet today!

Skip to page 2 to see Matt Brown win the internet…

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UFC Fight Night 81 Weigh-In Video & Results: Title Fight Official

Dominick ‘The Dominator’ Cruz and UFC bantamweight champion TJ ‘The Viper’ Dillashaw weigh-in for their UFC Boston clash right here… Here we go, fight weekend is here, as we look to tomorrow (Sunday January 17, 2016) for the UFC Fight Night 81 showing from Boston. Headlining the events return to Beantown is a bantamweight title

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Dominick ‘The Dominator’ Cruz and UFC bantamweight champion TJ ‘The Viper’ Dillashaw weigh-in for their UFC Boston clash right here…

Here we go, fight weekend is here, as we look to tomorrow (Sunday January 17, 2016) for the UFC Fight Night 81 showing from Boston. Headlining the events return to Beantown is a bantamweight title burner between TJ Dillashaw and his old rival and predecessor Dominick Cruz. ‘The Dominator’ and ‘The Viper’ have exchanged heated barbs recently, giving the championship clash a much more ‘current’ feel than we’re used to in the very low weight classes.

Also colliding on the card will be co-main lightweights Anthony Pettis and Eddie Alvarez, as each man looks to make headway towards a 155-pound title shot.

Join us right here at 4 PM ET for the live streaming UFC Boston weigh-ins, or check in right after for the updated results!

Event: UFC Fight Night 81: “Dillashaw vs. Cruz”
Date: Sun., Jan. 17, 2016 on FOX Sports 1
Location: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts

Main Card (FOX Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET):

  • T.J. Dillashaw (135) vs. Dominick Cruz (135) – for bantamweight title
  • Eddie Alvarez (155.5) vs. Anthony Pettis (155.5)
  • Travis Browne (238) vs. Matt Mitrione (249)
  • Ross Pearson (155) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (155.5)

Preliminary Card  (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET):

  • Patrick Cote (171) vs. Ben Saunders (170)
  • Medhi Baghdad (156) vs. Chris Wade (155.5)
  • Tim Boetsch (206) vs. Ed Herman (204.5)
  • Maximo Blanco (146) vs. Luke Sanders (145.5)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET):

  • Daron Cruickshank (155) vs. Paul Felder (155.5)
  • Ilir Latifi (205) vs. Sean O’Connell (205.5)
  • Kyle Bochniak (145) vs. Charles Rosa (145.5)
  • Rob Font (135) vs. Joey Gomez (135)
  • Francimar Barroso (205) vs. Elvis Mutapcic (201)

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