{"id":113894,"date":"2014-09-28T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T22:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=113894"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:23:50","slug":"quick-twitt-team-alpha-male-reacts-to-cruz-dissing-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/quick-twitt-team-alpha-male-reacts-to-cruz-dissing-them\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TWITT: Team Alpha Male Reacts To Cruz Dissing Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Team-Alpha-Male.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Team-Alpha-Male.png\" alt=\"Team Alpha Male\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Team-Alpha-Male.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Team-Alpha-Male-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Team-Alpha-Male-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday in the main event of the preliminary card for UFC 178, Dominick Cruz made his triumphant return to the UFC by TKOing Takeya Mizugaki in just 61 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>During his post-fight Octagon speech, he said he was looking forward to beating up more &#8220;Alpha Fails.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His insult was aimed at Urijah Faber and his team, which is named &#8220;Team Alpha Male.&#8221; (Watch the speech <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/replay-watch-dominick-cruz-post-fight-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Team Alpha Male took to Twitter to fire back at Cruz for his comments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>&quot;Alpha Fails&quot;&#8230;.. So that&#39;s how it&#39;s gonna be ehh? What dick haha.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andre Fili (@TouchyFili) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchyFili\/status\/516041489504546816\">September 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Negativity continues 2 boil over 4 Dom. Guys itching 4a whoopn, if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TJDillashaw\">@TJDillashaw<\/a> gets 1st whack DC will only have losses 2 one team AM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\">@ufc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Urijah Faber (@UrijahFaber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrijahFaber\/status\/516043104470568960\">September 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>I thought the &quot;alpha fail&quot; comment was funny. Nothing wrong with a good rivalry. Cruz is fun to watch. TJ&#39;s gonna beat him up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andre Fili (@TouchyFili) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchyFili\/status\/516054183217496064\">September 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cruz was able to fire back at Faber for his comments on the Fox Sports 1 post-fight show (Watch his response <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/replay-dominick-cruz-slams-urijah-faber-tells-him-to-sit-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>During the post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White stated that Cruz would be fighting TJ Dillashaw next for the bantamweight championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday in the main event of the preliminary card for UFC 178, Dominick Cruz made his triumphant return to the UFC by TKOing Takeya Mizugaki in just 61 seconds. 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