After Cruz, Dillashaw Wants Super Fight With ‘Mighty Mouse’

TJ Dillashaw

UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw is set to face off with former champ Dominick Cruz in January, a highly anticipated fight that’s been a longtime in the making. There’s plenty of story with this fight, especially with Cruz’s rivalry with Team Alpha Male’s Urijah Faber, Dillashaw’s teammate. Plus all the talk about Dillashaw having a similar style has added even more tension.

However, the champ recently told The MMA Hour that he actually thinks a fight with flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson wold be a bigger fight, and would do more to build his name. So if her gets past Cruz, that’s a fight he would like next.

Here’s what he said:

“What’s going to build my name the most is by beating Demetrious Johnson. I think he’s the best pound-for-pound in the world. I’d love that fight. I think he’s smart. … It’s a great fight, if they really want to put an offer that’s worth it, that would be great. I’d want to fight, I’d like to make to it happen.”

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“I find him to be a really smart fighter and me being a true MMA fan, I don’t find him boring whatsoever. To see what he’s done inside the Octagon and how dominant he is, his footwork, his angles, how well he mixed things up, his wrestling, I don’t find him boring, I appreciate how good he is. He’s smart and he’s best in the world.”