Dillashaw: I think I’m still the champ
Recently TJ Dillashaw joined the Great MMA debate podcast to state his case why he believes he deserves immediate rematch with Dominick Cruz:
Recently TJ Dillashaw joined the Great MMA debate podcast to state his case why he believes he deserves immediate rematch with Dominick Cruz:
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“I really believe that’s my fight, my belt and I want that,” Dillashaw said on the show. “I don’t think anybody else deserves a shot over me. I think I’m still the champ.”
Dillashaw doesn’t take credit away from Cruz, who came back from knee surgery and with only one fight in the past four years before taking the title home. Still, Dillashaw can’t believe he didn’t get the decision in the end and he’s even more confident now that he won the fight than the night his hand didn’t get raised.
The situation has bothered Dillashaw so much, he’s lost sleep over it.
“It’s been tough to take and sleep sometimes,” Dillashaw said. “First and foremost, I’ve got to give Dominick Cruz a big shout out. He looked good, it was a great fight, it was a close fight, I watched it — I was super entertained. The night of the fight, getting asked in all the interviews, I thought I won. My answers were that I felt that I won the fight. It was really close but I felt that I won maybe three rounds to two.
“The first time that I watched it on the plane ride home, even more confident that I won that fight. I think the judges were scoring things that don’t actually score.”
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