{"id":282799,"date":"2018-08-12T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T18:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282799"},"modified":"2018-10-13T09:47:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T16:47:25","slug":"exclusive-bellator-champion-darrion-caldwell-expects-dominick-cruz-to-reclaim-ufc-title-by-years-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-bellator-champion-darrion-caldwell-expects-dominick-cruz-to-reclaim-ufc-title-by-years-end\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | Bellator champion Darrion Caldwell expects Dominick Cruz to reclaim UFC title by year&#8217;s end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alliance MMA is home to two of the top bantamweights in the world in reigning Bellator bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell and former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest episode of<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-92-alonzo-menifield-darrion-caldwell-duane-ludwig-colby-covington\/\"> BJPENN.COM Radio,<\/a> Darrion Caldwell heaped praised on Dominick Cruz and assured that he \u2014 and nobody else \u2014 deserves the next shot at reigning UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Caldwell expects Cruz to battle Dillashaw before the year is out, and reclaim the title he once guarded so ferociously.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 92 \/\/ Alonzo Menifield | Darrion Caldwell | Duane Ludwig | Colby Covington\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEODAVvUv78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If [Cruz] doesn&#8217;t get immediate title shot then I don&#8217;t know what this sport is all about,&#8221; Caldwell said on the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s\u00a0about as good as he&#8217;s ever been or looked since I&#8217;ve been here [at Alliance MMA],&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He&#8217;s shown that. I&#8217;m expecting him to be fighting TJ Dillashaw and being a world champion by the end of the year as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Darrion Caldwell feels that it&#8217;s a no-brainer for Dominick Cruz to get the next crack at TJ Dillashaw, Dillashaw himself has been <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/tj-dillashaw-shuts-down-dominick-cruzs-calls-for-a-title-shot\/\">lukewarm to the idea<\/a>. Despite the fact that Cruz was the last man to beat Dillashaw, Dillashaw would like to see the former champ get a few wins before he fights for the title again.<\/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 recently said on the \u2018Below the Belt\u2019 podcast (transcribed by Damon Martin for\u00a0<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>Darrion Caldwell returns to the Bellator cage in the main event of Bellator 204 on August 17, where he&#8217;ll battle UFC veteran Noad Lahat in the featherweight division.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He poses a lot of challenges, you know,&#8221; Caldwell said of this Bellator 204 matchup with Lahat. &#8220;He&#8217;s my first fight back up to 145 [pounds]. 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