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TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz are always going to be rivals it seems. The two former UFC bantamweight champions have been firing shots at each other recently and neither man has been holding back.
Dominick Cruz recently came out and said he was not happy with TJ Dillashaw potentially getting the next UFC title shot. Dillashaw did not hesitate while firing back at him for the recent comments.
“He sounds like a salty cunt, to be honest,” UFC bantamweight Dillashaw told Submission Radio. “I just think he’s obviously jealous of me being able to stay in the top, you know – my layoff and how long I’ve been in the sport and me still be able to come back and prove that I’m still the best. And I did lose money, right? Me not fighting for two years while being a champion is a lot of money out of my pocket. (If I had) kept racking in the wins, getting title defenses, I mean, we’re talking about millions and millions of dollars that I let slip through my fingers because I made a fucking stupid mistake.”
TJ Dillashaw missed two years after getting suspended by USADA for using EPO. The UFC bantamweight apologized for the suspension and was hoping to move on.
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“So yeah, I paid my time, I came back and fucking grinded to get that win on fucking one leg and one eye, and there’s nothing you can do to deny me that it’s my shot,” he added. “So like I said, he’s just being salty, and that’s kind of his personality, anyways. He’s kind of an unlikable dude. I mean, I’ve always respected him and I think he’s got a good eye for stuff, but he’s got like this chip on his shoulder where he feels like everything’s owed to him, and he’s just like always complaining about shit.”
TJ Dillashaw was also asked about fighting Dominick Cruz in the future. It appears the two UFC fighters may never fight again after their title fight back in 2016.
“It’s just his personality, and of course he’s going to say that,” Dillashaw said of Cruz. “But it’s because he’ll never get there again. I don’t think he’ll ever have a shot to get the belt back, and that probably bothers him because at one time he was the best.
“I mean, I’ve got bigger fish to fry, to kind of be honest,” he added. “If all the chips line up, I get my belt back, (Henry) Cejudo is saying (he’s back), you’ve got Jose Aldo. I think there’s a lot more dangerous and notable guys to fight.”
