Cruz: Faber’s ego will beat himself
At a media event promoting UFC 199, UFC champion Dominick Cruz talked about his title defense against arch nemesis Urijah Faber and why he believes he has the advantage.
At a media event promoting UFC 199, UFC champion Dominick Cruz talked about his title defense against arch nemesis Urijah Faber and why he believes he has the advantage:
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Dominick Cruz might be Urijah Faber’s greatest career rival. But, in Cruz’s opinion, Faber’s biggest enemy is himself.
“Ego,” Cruz said Wednesday at a UFC 199 media day in Downtown LA. “I think his ego is too just big for me to handle. I think that’s his worst enemy. I don’t need to beat Faber, because his ego will always beat him himself.”
“I said that’s why I don’t think that he’s grown,” Cruz said. “It’s because of his ego. Your ego, if you’re not able to accept the things you haven’t done right and look at them and put your ego aside and say, ‘You’re right, I’m not good at this, this and this,’ then you can’t grow, you can’t build those things. He’s unwilling to do so.”
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