{"id":213411,"date":"2016-12-23T11:41:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=213411"},"modified":"2016-12-23T11:41:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T19:41:35","slug":"tj-dillashaw-dominick-cruz-will-try-retire-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/tj-dillashaw-dominick-cruz-will-try-retire-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Dillashaw: Dominick Cruz will “try and retire before he fights me again”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one week’s time, in the co-main event of UFC 207<\/a>, bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will attempt to defend his title against undefeated challenged Cody Garbrandt<\/a>. Though Garbrandt has yet to beat a top-5 opponent, his incredible punching power and sizzling beef with the champ have most members of the MMA community pretty excited for their fight. That does not include former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, who recently weighed in on Garbrandt’s title shot in an interview with Fox Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally it\u2019s all just kind of bullsh*t,\u201d Dillashaw said of Cruz’ bout with Garbrandt. \u201cIt makes no sense at all how they give the No. 8 guy, who skips over seven guys to get a title shot. It\u2019s kind of whatever the UFC wants to do and they\u2019re letting Dominick Cruz hand select his fights right now.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve built this up ever since Cody\u2019s fight [with Thomas Almeida], they watched them talk crap about each other since May and built this whole thing up. They\u2019re letting him pick the guys he wants to fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"TJ<\/a><\/p>\n

While Dillashaw understands that part of this reason Cruz and Garbrandt were matched up is their highly publicized beef, he also believes it has a lot to do with the fact that Cruz doesn’t want to fight him.<\/p>\n

“I know for sure Cruz doesn\u2019t want to fight me,” he said. “I know it 100-percent. Everything that I possibly did to hype up the fight to try and get it, he just wouldn\u2019t acknowledge it, he wouldn\u2019t talk to reporters about a rematch between me and him and he did everything possible not to even mention my name.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just an obvious sign that he doesn\u2019t want to fight me. He knows I won [our first] fight<\/a> and he knows I\u2019m going to be able to figure him out even better the second time and he\u2019s going to do whatever he can to avoid me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finally, Dillashaw voiced his belief that Cruz will retire before he gives him a rematch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly believe he\u2019s going to try and retire before he fights me again,” Dillashaw said. “That’s just my bet. It\u2019s going to be ridiculous if that ends up happening. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s behind it for the UFC with Dominick Cruz cause it\u2019s not like he\u2019s an entertaining fighter. He\u2019s good but he\u2019s not one of those guys everyone\u2019s waiting in line to watch. So I don\u2019t understand that.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Dillashaw will ever get his rematch with Cruz? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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