{"id":191423,"date":"2016-04-09T11:29:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T18:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191423"},"modified":"2016-04-09T11:29:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T18:29:05","slug":"dominick-cruzs-interesting-take-on-conor-mcgregor-vs-nate-diaz-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dominick-cruz\/dominick-cruzs-interesting-take-on-conor-mcgregor-vs-nate-diaz-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominick Cruz&#8217;s interesting take on Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has been making his rounds with the media to promote his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dominick-cruz-and-urijah-faber-get-into-heated-face-to-face-exchange\/\">trilogy fight with Urijah Faber<\/a> in the co-main event of UFC 199. <\/p>\n<p>While the majority of the media appearances have lead to heated verbal exchanges with Faber, Cruz was asked about Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/conor-mcgregor-vs-nate-diaz-ii-set-for-ufc-200-jose-aldo-vs-frankie-edgar-for-interim-belt\/\">welterweight rematch at UFC 200.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cruz, a Fox Sports analyst, offered an interesting take during UFC 199 media day:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Conor\u2019s going up to fight Diaz at 170[lbs] again, leaving the featherweight belt for Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar to fight for. Okay, what if Conor McGregor goes back down and fights Frankie Edgar at 145lbs?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich is an extremely terrible style match-up and a hard fight \u2014 and then he loses?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now he\u2019s lost all his push, whereas if he stays at 170, fights Diaz and he happens to lose again, he still has it because he\u2019s like; \u2018Well, but it was it 170\u2032.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there\u2019s still excuses to make for it, to say why he\u2019s the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he loses to Frankie Edgar at 145, you pretty much kill the excuses. It doesn\u2019t necessarily take away legitimacy but it buys time.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The UFC has also booked Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar for an interim title fight at UFC 200.  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