“He was suspended for cheating”- Dominick Cruz isn’t too impressed by TJ Dillashaw getting a title shot
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Dominick Cruz speaks on Dillashaw getting a title shot! Aljamain Sterling defeated Petr Yan in a bantamweight title rematch at the co-main event of UFC 273. Sterling won the title via a disqualification, Yan hit him with an illegal knee during their first fight, and Sterling was crowned as the new champ.
The internet blasted him for having a title claiming he doesn’t deserve one, but Sterling stood tall after his last win, and now he’s looking to defend his belt against hungry contenders. During UFC 273, Sterling called out TJ Dillashaw for a fight, and TJ was in attendance for the event.
He immediately accepted his call-out, and this fight seems more possible than ever. There are many others in the division who are waiting in line for a fight, and former champion, Dominick Cruz expressed his concern over TJ getting a title shot. He took up the topic during his appearance on The MMA Hour, he said, “He was suspended for cheating, so to get a shot after one win, OK, cool. Sounds like a hook-up to me. He got two years off, didn’t really lose any money, and then just gets right back up in.”
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“All these other people are just been competing”- Dominick Cruz believes the UFC is ignoring the efforts of other bantamweight contenders
Sterling came back and defeated Cory Sandhagen in his last fight, but Cruz believes other athletes are putting in way more work, and he deserves the shot more than him, “It’s not like he had an easy fight, Sandhagen’s no joke,” said Cruz. “But still, one fight? Pedro Munhoz and all these other people that are in the division that have just been competing, competing, competing, it’s crazy.”
He added, “But I kind of get it, because when I was laid off for so long with my knee injuries, I came back, fought Mizugaki, blew my knee out again, and came back and got a title shot. But I hadn’t lost, and I hadn’t gotten in trouble for anything, I just blew my knees out. So, it’s a little different, and I got my shot that way.”
Cruz has been trying to get a fight against another legend, Jose Aldo. Aldo has been stacking up wins ever since losing to Petr Yan, and he also called out Sterling for a title shot. Nothing has been booked yet, but it’d be interesting to see what happens next.
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