Dominick Cruz has no problem with rematches
Posted on October 15, 2011, 07:20 PM by Trent Reinsmith
A glance at the UFC Bantamweight rankings reveals a rather interesting fact; current Champion Dominick Cruz has already defeated half of the top contenders to his crown. While some fighters would find this problematic, perhaps even leaving them uninspired, that is not the case with Cruz, who is unfazed by the spectre of possible rematches.
"The bottom line is it looks like I'm going to run into rematches wherever I go. That's where I'm like, I fought everybody, so why do I really care? I'm trying to fight for the best position in the world. If they give me [Brian] Bowles, they give me Bowles. If they give me [Urijah] Faber or [Miguel] Torres or [Joseph] Benavidez, OK. I've fought everybody. I believe and I know I'm the best in the world, and anybody that's going to come challenge me for it, I'm ready for it." – for more see MMAFighting.com
Of the top competitors in the Bantamweight division, Cruz (19-1) has defeated Urijah Faber (unanimous decision), Scott Jorgenson (unanimous decision), Joseph Benevidez (unanimous and split decisions), Brian Bowles (TKO/doctor stoppage), and most recently Demetrious Johnson (unanimous decision).
What do you think LowKick’ers, who should the Dominator face in his next title defense?
Further Reading: Dominick Cruz undergoes surgery to repair damaged right hand
Comments
I think a rematch with Bowles would be better since he already beat Faber not to long ago. it would be a very stupid decision to book the third fight so soon , because after Cruz beats Faber again , Faber will have no where to run, he will just be a gatekeeper , let him earn his spot and moveup in ranks, that way he can became more popular with the UFC and then if he remains unbeat then make the final fight.
as for Cruz give him Bowles , then Picket , Brad picket beat Johnson already .
its not stupid at all faber and cruz are 1-1 and they had a great fight last time i wouldnt might seeing the rubber match next. Cruz might win again but it wont be as one sided as bowles vs cruz 2
um.... not enough depth in the division?
bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, soon to be flyweight, all these weight divisions are DIVIDING and SECLUDING fighters from fighting with one another.
they bring more fighters and opportunities,at the cost of reduced competitiveness, constant rematches, and super-dominant champs who don't seem to have much of a challenge in terms of top contenders...
I couldn't disagree more, this is simply the case of people giving GSP and Silva getting way more credit because they fight in more established weight classes. Fact is that Cruz is a fighter on the level of Silva and GSP and he is simply just as dominant as they are. Imo there is a bigger difference in weight between 145 to 135 then there between 185 to 170, what we are seeing atm is just a lot of really small 155p moving down to their natural weight classes as they are finally given chance to fight at their natural weight.
I also think this is a case of where a lot of people never watched WEC and so they are ignorant to how dominant a champion Cruz has actually been, its called clearing out your weight class, just like GSP did.
Cruiser yeowww!
Funniest thing with Cruz is when people whine about "not finishing his opponents".
Still, same people are all over GSP´s nuts because he is so dominant.
Same goes for Dominic. He is just so dominant,
good point