{"id":282591,"date":"2018-08-09T11:22:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T18:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282591"},"modified":"2018-08-09T11:23:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T18:23:04","slug":"tj-dillashaw-shuts-down-dominick-cruzs-calls-for-a-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/tj-dillashaw-shuts-down-dominick-cruzs-calls-for-a-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Dillashaw shuts down Dominick Cruz&#8217;s calls for a title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dominick-cruz\/dominick-cruz-marlon-moraes-and-raphael-assuncao-argue-their-cases-for-next-bantamweight-title-shot\/\">One of the frontrunners<\/a> for the next crack at UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw is former champion Dominick Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>In Dillashaw&#8217;s eyes, however, Cruz doesn&#8217;t deserve this opportunity, as he hasn&#8217;t fought since his 2016 loss to Cody Garbrandt, which marked the end of his title reign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing I have against Cruz is that he feels entitled to this rematch, he feels entitled to this title fight,\u201d Dillashaw said when speaking to the \u2018Below the Belt\u2019 podcast (transcribed by Damon Martin for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/tj-dillashaw\/t-j-dillashaw-slams-dominick-cruz-for-trying-to-slide-into-a-title-shot-after-two-years-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANytt<\/a>). \u201cYou haven\u2019t been active. If you had been active, sure you deserve the title match. But you want to be sidelined for two years saying that you\u2019re \u2018injured\u2019 and then all of a sudden I\u2019m looking for a contender and you want to be like \u2018I\u2019m ready\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just want to pass murderer\u2019s row up, you don\u2019t want to have to challenge yourself whatsoever. To me it\u2019s a little p\u2013sy move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"T.J. Dillashaw In-Studio (BONUS EPISODE) | Ep. 92 Podcast | BELOW THE BELT with Brendan Schaub\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WAJcS9MsLLk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>TJ Dillashaw continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure maybe you were hurt but get out there and prove yourself,\u201d he said to Cruz. \u201cGet out there and beat <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/marlon-moraes\/marlon-moraes-calls-for-ufc-229-showdown-with-bantamweight-champ-tj-dillashaw\/\">Marlon Moraes<\/a> and let\u2019s do this dance. He hasn\u2019t proved himself at all. Two years, he lost his belt, hasn\u2019t fought in two years, been sidelined, and now he just wants to pop up and be relevant and feels like he has this entitlement. Makes zero sense to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have more finishes in the UFC than he has wins. Talk about who\u2019s the greatest of all time in our weight class. I have more finishes than you have wins in the UFC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Does a rematch between Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/9\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the frontrunners for the next crack at UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw is former champion Dominick Cruz. 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