T.J. Dillashaw says that he absolutely was influenced by Dominick Cruz's Footwork

I favored Cruz over Barao if they fought before Cruz got injured. I really hope Cruz recovered well and comes back strong. I'd love to see him vs Tj or Barao

 

Cruz is getting that belt back

 

I feel like pre-injury Cruz would have beaten both of them, but post-injury Cruz probably loses to both.

 

rooting for cruz to make a comeback

 

Wonder how Urijah feels about this.

 

Urijahs all butt hurt he wasnt the first to bring home a belt from a guy he couldnt beat twice. And talking smack on ludwig cause he left alpha male but still trained tj at his own gym. Seems a little petty to me. But he did start aplha male and is not currently the alpha male.

 

I would say that the student surpassed the teacher in this case.

 

makes total sense, didnt TJ mimic Dom for Uriah when he was preparing for Cruz?

also I think this shows how ahead of the game Cruz is at BW, if TJ can beat Barao using his style imagine what he could do

 

That's all I could think of watching that fight, I wonder if he got play Dominick Cruz in sparring the last two times Urijah was getting ready for Cruz

Na imo pre injury Cruz is still quicker and sharper, there is no doubt who has the power advantage tho.

 

I was saying this during the fight. However it was a wack version of cruz footwork. Affective none the less. TJ has more power I think though.

 

tj is a better striker than cruz.

 

I agree. Cruz never managed to put power behind his strikes when utilizing his footwork. TJ still manages to throw fight ending shots while moving in and out.

Cruz never would have dropped Barao given 20 rounds to do so, let alone finish him.

 

I wouldn't automatically jump to that conclusion tho. I also believe Cruz can beat Barao, but Dillashaw's power played a decent factor in this fight something Cruz just doesn't possess much of in his strikes.

 

To me it looked like his foot work and movement was a lot smoother than Cruz's erky jerky weird movements

 

he mixes up his striking with grappling better than almost anyone, I agree its a bit hasty to say that since they havent fought. But I bet Dom felt a lot more confident about that fight after watching TJ dominate

 

No surprise there. The way he was coming in and out of angles reminded of Cruz a lot.

 

imagine a heavyweight copying Cruz? See JDS bopping around like that

 

I still think it's funny how TJ fckn Dillashaw changed your opinion on the lighter weight classes.

HE'S A PIONEER

 

Browne tried something similar against Big Foot Silva