{"id":180566,"date":"2015-12-25T09:01:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T17:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=180566"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:38:08","slug":"cruz-blasts-dillashaw-ahead-of-january-17th-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cruz-blasts-dillashaw-ahead-of-january-17th-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz blasts Dillashaw ahead of January 17th fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dominick Cruz &quot;Dillashaw hasnt faced best in the world; Barao was a tailor made punching bag&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I8kfzjFbvuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dominick Cruz vs. TJ Dillashaw is arguably one of the most exciting title fights of recent times.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, who <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/dominick-cruz-injured-and-stripped-of-title-urijah-faber-vs-renan-barao-official-for-ufc-169\/\">never actually lost the UFC championship inside the Octagon<\/a>, has been forced to spend a lot of time on the sidelines as a result of two torn ACL&#8217;s and a torn groin.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand TJ Dillashaw<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/dillashaw-dominates-then-finishes-barao-to-earn-title-replay\/\"> capitalized on Cruz&#8217;s absence by defeating Renan Barao in one of the biggest title fight upsets of all time.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their highly anticipated fight for the UFC bantamweight championship on January 17th, Cruz threw some shade at Dillashaw in a video above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominick Cruz vs. TJ Dillashaw is arguably one of the most exciting title fights of recent times. Cruz, who never actually lost the UFC championship inside the Octagon, has been forced to spend a lot of time on the sidelines as a result of two torn ACL&#8217;s and a torn groin. On the other hand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":180573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681,2682],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cruz blasts Dillashaw ahead of January 17th fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cruz-blasts-dillashaw-ahead-of-january-17th-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cruz blasts Dillashaw ahead of January 17th fight | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dominick Cruz vs. TJ Dillashaw is arguably one of the most exciting title fights of recent times. 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