{"id":190119,"date":"2016-03-22T08:49:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T15:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=190119"},"modified":"2016-03-22T08:49:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T15:49:22","slug":"t-j-dillashaw-sides-with-urijah-faber-against-dominick-cruz-at-ufc-199","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/t-j-dillashaw-sides-with-urijah-faber-against-dominick-cruz-at-ufc-199\/","title":{"rendered":"T.J. Dillashaw sides with Urijah Faber against Dominick Cruz at UFC 199"},"content":{"rendered":"

T.J. Dillashaw may no longer be allowed to step foot inside Urijah Faber’s Team Alpha Male in Sacramento California, however that won’t stop him from cheering for former mentor Urijah Faber when ‘The California Kid’ steps foot in the Octagon at UFC 199<\/a> to fight Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight championship.<\/p>\n

The fight will be Faber’s 4th bid for the UFC bantamweight championship, and will be his third fight with Cruz. In the pair’s first meeting back at WEC 26, Faber defeated Cruz via 1st round submission. When the pair met for the second time it was under the UFC banner at UFC 132, where Cruz defeated Faber via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

The way former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw<\/a> sees it, he and Faber may not be on the best of terms, but he still likes Faber more than Cruz.<\/p>\n

He spoke about why the UFC gave Faber the title shot, rather than giving him a rematch, as well as why he will be rooting for Faber.<\/p>\n

He spoke to The Sun<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I can think of is they want to have Faber to get another title shot. He\u2019s got a big following behind him, he\u2019s got a lot of fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd they can\u2019t give him someone else and expect him to win, because he hasn\u2019t looked that great to be able to continue to push for a title. I think this is his shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is kinda like his last hurrah in my mind to be able to get a title shot, because they can\u2019t trust him to beat someone else down the ladder because he might not win that fight. I just feel I\u2019m a little more deserving of it. That fight with Cruz was super-close.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve gotta be happy for Urijah, I\u2019ve had a friendship with the guy. It\u2019s a cool story.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if he goes out and beats Cruz, then he finally gets his belt? It\u2019s his eighth title shot or something like that. It\u2019d be a cool way for him to finish his career in the UFC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to root for him against Cruz. I like him more. Even though there\u2019s this drama going on and all the bullc**p that\u2019s been blown out of the water between me and him, I still hope he wins the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like him a lot more than I like Cruz. Cruz is not very respectful and kind of a d**k.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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