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Michael Bisping reveals his UFC Perth main event prediction

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:18:01 +0000

A clash between light heavyweight contenders Carlos Ulberg and Dominick Reyes headlines Saturday’s UFC event in Perth, Australia. Ulberg (12-1) is ranked No.

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Michael Bisping reveals his UFC Perth main event prediction – MMA Weekly

UFC boss worries Dominick Cruz may never find chance to earn back lottery ticket

BAD MMA News — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:30:00 +0000

Like many MMA fans, Dana White hopes Dominick Cruz will be healthy enough to face interim title holder Renan Barao in early 2014. More than anything, White just hopes Cruz gets healthy – especially after losing his lottery ticket.

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UFC boss worries Dominick Cruz may never find chance to earn back lottery ticket – MMA Junkie

Dominick Cruz on Renan Barao: “I Can Trick Him Out In A Lot of Different Ways”

BAD MMA News — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:05:32 +0000

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has been in physical exile for the past two years due to consecutive knee surgeries while interim bantamweight titleholder Renan Barao has ruled his kingdom. The landscape of the division has changed during the time Cruz has been sidelined. Barao was crowned the interim champion and has defended his title twice. Cruz is on track to return to action in early 2014 and face Barao to determine the true bantamweight champion. And Cruz isn’t concerned with potential ring rust arising from 24 months of inactivity.

Dominick Cruz on Renan Barao: “I Can Trick Him Out In A Lot of Different Ways” – MMA Weekly

Dominick Cruz Says Early 2014 Return is His Goal, Eager to Prove He’s the Real Bantamweight Champ

BAD MMA News — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 18:33:29 +0000

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is in jeopardy of being stripped of his title if he’s unable to return in early 2014. Consecutive knee surgeries have sidelined the titleholder since for nearly two years. While Cruz recovers, the UFC crowned an interim bantamweight champion, Renan Barao , that defended his title for the second time at UFC 165: Jones vs.

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UFC champ Dominick Cruz to face Barao vs. Wineland winner or lose belt

BAD MMA News — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:45:00 +0000

TORONTO – When Dana White talks, it seems he wishes there was some other way to put it. Alas, there isn’t.

As rivals clash at UFC 165, champ Dominick Cruz fights power of suggestion

BAD MMA News — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:45:00 +0000

So I’m doing a phone interview with UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz on Tuesday afternoon, just the usual routine in the usual circumstances, and I ask him what seems to me like a pretty obvious, innocuous question.

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As rivals clash at UFC 165, champ Dominick Cruz fights power of suggestion – MMA Junkie

White: Decision will be made if UFC champ Cruz can’t return in early 2014

BAD MMA News — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:00:00 +0000

On Tuesday, Dana White was arguably his most definitive yet on the prospect of bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz returning by early 2014 – or not being ready by that time table.

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Video: Despite superfight talk, UFC Fight Night 26′s Urijah Faber wants title

BAD MMA News — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:45:00 +0000

BOSTON – Urijah Faber may be talking about superfights a little bit here and there, but make no mistake – it’s still the bantamweight title he wants. The 135-pound title picture, though, has been slightly murky, and Faber knows that all too well. With champion Dominick Cruz inching closer to two years without a fight, and now talking about being ready to return in February – which would be roughly 28 months between fights – and interim champ Renan Barao having a recent injury setback of his own, Faber has to be wondering just when he’ll get another crack at bantamweight gold

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Video: Despite superfight talk, UFC Fight Night 26′s Urijah Faber wants title – MMA Weekly

Still waiting on medical clearance, UFC champ Dominick Cruz eyes 2014 return

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 01:50:00 +0000

It’s been 22 months since UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (19-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) last fought in the octagon. While he’s set a personal goal of returning in early 2014, Cruz admits it’s still up to doctors to give him the green light. “I’m just setting personal goals to be back,” Cruz told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I’m looking to be back the beginning of next year is what it’s looking like from what the doctors have told me, to that’s my goal. Unfortunately, the doctor hasn’t even released me, so I couldn’t even make a date if I wanted to. “It’s like when you got knocked out and you get put on suspension.

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Still waiting on medical clearance, UFC champ Dominick Cruz eyes 2014 return – MMA Junkie

Demetrious Johnson: Future could hold UFC superfight with bantamweight champ

BAD MMA News — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 03:45:00 +0000

SEATTLE – For the past several years, any talk of UFC superfights has centered around former middleweight champion Anderson Silva either moving down to fight Georges St-Pierre or up to meet Jon Jones . With Silva’s recent loss, those discussions have cooled, but if UFC flyweight title holder Demetrious Johnson has his way, that talk may start centering around the sport’s lighter divisions. Right now my focus is John Moraga ,” Johnson told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “But I think if everything goes well with this fight and I tackle this challenge and come out victorious, everybody is talking about the superfights and middleweight with Anderson Silva and Jon Jones and ‘GSP.’ I think there are superfights to be had in the flyweight division and bantamweight division.” Johnson, of course, used to compete in the UFC’s bantamweight division and even competed once for the title in that weight class, though he ended up losing a unanimous decision to current champ Dominick Cruz . But when the UFC added the 125-pound division, “Mighty Mouse” dropped to flyweight and claimed the promotion’s first title in that division. On Saturday night, Johnson (17-2-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) meets Moraga (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) in the main event of UFC on FOX 8, which takes place at Seattle’s KeyArena and airs on FOX. According to oddsmakers, Johnson is as much as a 5-to-1 favorite to retain his title, which would mark the second consecutive defense of his belt.

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Demetrious Johnson: Future could hold UFC superfight with bantamweight champ – MMA Junkie