Media UFC 249 Free Fight: Dominick Cruz vs TJ Dillashaw

[rushbeg]

One of the fights that i've rewatched the most and one of the ifght if not the fight to have been fought at the highest skill-level in history of MMA. Very underrated fight.

Everytime i re-watch this fight I see it as a more clear win for Cruz , I really don't se how TJ won thsi fight.

It was a competitive fight but scoring it for TJ is ridicilous , No way he won this fight in any shape or form. He simply didn't know what to do against Dom.

Cruz won clearly 1 2 and 3 while Tj clearly won the fourth , 5th was a competitive round butI gave it to TJ.

Keep in mind that thi was Prime EPO Dillashaw against Cruz who had only 61 seconds inside the octagon in over 4 years coming into that fight and he was also injured prior to this fight. Yet TJ didn't know what to do and couldn't hit anything besides the air , While Dom was landing solid shots and busting TJ's face up.


Cruz has another hard task in front of him , probably even a harder one considering the circumstances surrounding Cruz. But he is about to pull it off once again.

War Cruz

 

[LetThemBleed]

Was certainly an impressive performance from Cruz especially so given how little time he'd spent in the octagon prior to that fight. Not sure he's still got it though. Watching him fight against Garbrandt was just sad.Guy was clearly still dealing with an injury and might not be capable of that level of performance against TJ again. If he's not remotely near 100 percent fit Henry's going to pick him apart with relative ease. Hoping I'm wrong though as I'd love to see the Triple Cringe take a beating.

 

[BFoe]

I’ve always seen it 48-47 Cruz, it fuck it, I’ll rewatch and check it out.

edit: That’s a fun fight. Good example of a chess match that isn’t boring. I scored it the same as I always had. Rd 2 was closer than I remembered, but still Cruz’s round. I have no idea what 2 of those judges watched to score it 49-46 Cruz, or 49-46 Dillashaw. The 49-46 Dillashaw score is especially inexplicable.

 

[Iron Nick]

That thread has already been done brother!

That being said, i'll be rooting for Cruz (even though i like Cejudo as well).
If he pulls it off to beat Cejudo it'd be strictly sensational.

 

[Rorschachxx]

Considering Cruz's path leading into this fight and the fact he couldn't train properly for this specific matchup, its nothing short of spectacular he pulled it off. I had Cruz winning the fight aswell.

 

[khabib time]

One of the fights that i've rewatched the most and one of the ifght if not the fight to have been fought at the highest skill-level in history of MMA. Very underrated fight.

Everytime i re-watch this fight I see it as a more clear win for Cruz , I really don't se how TJ won thsi fight.

It was a competitive fight but scoring it for TJ is ridicilous , No way he won this fight in any shape or form. He simply didn't know what to do against Dom.

Cruz won clearly 1 2 and 3 while Tj clearly won the fourth , 5th was a competitive round butI gave it to TJ.

Keep in mind that thi was Prime EPO Dillashaw against Cruz who had only 61 seconds inside the octagon in over 4 years coming into that fight and he was also injured prior to this fight. Yet TJ didn't know what to do and couldn't hit anything besides the air , While Dom was landing solid shots and busting TJ's face up.


Cruz has another hard task in front of him , probably even a harder one considering the circumstances surrounding Cruz. But he is about to pull it off once again.

War Cruz

If Cejudo goes head hunting the way TJ did in the first 3 rounds he will have a tough night. The 4th and 5th (especially the 4th) is the way to beat Dom. Leg kicks will slow him down and then take him out. His boxing isn't very good (see Cody fight). Dom fights very smart and frustrates most of his opponents. He has a very high fight IQ. I'm surprised Cody was able to embarrass him the way he did. Cody's boxing is just so much better than Dom's and his hands were quicker.

 

[LetThemBleed]

If Cejudo goes head hunting the way TJ did in the first 3 rounds he will have a tough night. The 4th and 5th (especially the 4th) is the way to beat Dom. Leg kicks will slow him down and then take him out. His boxing isn't very good (see Cody fight). Dom fights very smart and frustrates most of his opponents. He has a very high fight IQ. I'm surprised Cody was able to embarrass him the way he did. Cody's boxing is just so much better than Dom's and his hands were quicker.

Cody certainly put in an impressive performance against Cruz but Cruz clearly looked slow in that fight and was either fighting injured or his abilities have just plateaued owing to his horrific list of injuries . A rematch with a fit Cruz would be a lot closer I'd imagine.

 

[Murder_KickHC]

One of the biggest robberies in the history of fighting. Makes you wanna puke

 

[The-AxeMurderer]

Man, this fight gets me so pumped for this fight!!

Cruz won pretty clear to me.

TJ wasnt hitting anything for a while.

He had success with the leg kicks but he let up.

Should have kept kicking his injured leg.

Great fight though!

 

[logistix]

WAR CRUZ!!!
WAR SAN DIEGO!!!

 

[Muay Thai #1]

I haven't seen this fight in awhile. But just watched it. Scored it a Draw

R1 Draw
R2 Cruz
R3 Cruz
R4 TJ
R5 TJ

 

[khabib time]

Cody certainly put in an impressive performance against Cruz but Cruz clearly looked slow in that fight and was either fighting injured or his abilities have just plateaued owing to his horrific list of injuries . A rematch with a fit Cruz would be a lot closer I'd imagine.

5 years later i'm not expecting to see a great Cruz on Saturday. If Cejudo fights smart he should run through Cruz. Leg kicks and make Cruz come to him. You can't chase Dom around the ring for 5 rounds. Do what Cody did. Stand in the center and make him come to you. Tj fought a stupid fight the first 3 rounds.

 

[rushbeg]

If Cejudo goes head hunting the way TJ did in the first 3 rounds he will have a tough night. The 4th and 5th (especially the 4th) is the way to beat Dom. Leg kicks will slow him down and then take him out. His boxing isn't very good (see Cody fight). Dom fights very smart and frustrates most of his opponents. He has a very high fight IQ. I'm surprised Cody was able to embarrass him the way he did. Cody's boxing is just so much better than Dom's and his hands were quicker.

Well Cejudo was getting picked apart from distance from Moraes and then he had the most success in that fight head-hunting. As I mentioned to you in the other thread Cejudo is not a good kicker. I wouldn't be surprised if Cruz is the one who has his way with the leg-kicks considering Cejudo's wide karate stance.

It was pretty clear that Cruz wasi njured going in the Cody fight , Headbutt also had a good effect in the fight.

Yet Cruz managed to make it a close fight and it wasn't an "embarrasement" as you claim , It was a 3-2 fight and Cruz did well despite being injured.

 

[Krimzon]

looking a the media scores, a lot of folks had it for dillashaw. More 10 10 rounds are needed, less arbitrary 48-47s

 

[LetThemBleed]

5 years later i'm not expecting to see a great Cruz on Saturday. If Cejudo fights smart he should run through Cruz. Leg kicks and make Cruz come to him. You can't chase Dom around the ring for 5 rounds. Do what Cody did. Stand in the center and make him come to you. Tj fought a stupid fight the first 3 rounds.

I'd argue Cody's performance was somewhat mitigated by the fact that either Cruz was fighting injured or his abilities have been curtailed due to his significant amount of injuries accumulated over the years. An example of that would be the current iteration of Fedor, it's not half as impressive beating him now as when he was in his prime, guy's taken too much wear and tear to have much left. I tend to concur that if the Cruz who fought Garbrandt shows up to fight Cejudo it could well end up being one sided. My hope however is that Cruz was fighting injured and owing to his latest 3 plus year layoff may for a brief window be injury free. Could that be misguided optimism, well we'll find out shortly.

 

[MyFavSport]

Boring pitter patter

 

[khabib time]

Well Cejudo was getting picked apart from distance from Moraes and then he had the most success in that fight head-hunting. As I mentioned to you in the other thread Cejudo is not a good kicker. I wouldn't be surprised if Cruz is the one who has his way with the leg-kicks considering Cejudo's wide karate stance.

It was pretty clear that Cruz wasi njured going in the Cody fight , Headbutt also had a good effect in the fight.

Yet Cruz managed to make it a close fight and it wasn't an "embarrasement" as you claim , It was a 3-2 fight and Cruz did well despite being injured.

Moraes looked two weight classes bigger than Cejudo. I didn't say Cejudo was good at kicking. I'm saying he will probably need to kick Dom's legs if he wants to win. As far as the Cody fight, I had it 4-1. The judges had it 3-2 but 2 of them had it 48-46 (4th round 10-8). Cruz was outclassed that fight. He looked old and slow. Between that fight and the TJ fight if Cejudo can't gameplan an easy victory against a 35 year old Dom then I will tip my hat to Dom. I don't expect Dom to make it to the bell.

 

[Paul Harvey]

One of the fights that i've rewatched the most and one of the ifght if not the fight to have been fought at the highest skill-level in history of MMA. Very underrated fight.

Everytime i re-watch this fight I see it as a more clear win for Cruz , I really don't se how TJ won thsi fight.

It was a competitive fight but scoring it for TJ is ridicilous , No way he won this fight in any shape or form. He simply didn't know what to do against Dom.

Cruz won clearly 1 2 and 3 while Tj clearly won the fourth , 5th was a competitive round butI gave it to TJ.

Keep in mind that thi was Prime EPO Dillashaw against Cruz who had only 61 seconds inside the octagon in over 4 years coming into that fight and he was also injured prior to this fight. Yet TJ didn't know what to do and couldn't hit anything besides the air , While Dom was landing solid shots and busting TJ's face up.


Cruz has another hard task in front of him , probably even a harder one considering the circumstances surrounding Cruz. But he is about to pull it off once again.

War Cruz

It was an easy win for Cruz. TJ was swinging at air.

 

[Paul Harvey]

Well Cejudo was getting picked apart from distance from Moraes and then he had the most success in that fight head-hunting. As I mentioned to you in the other thread Cejudo is not a good kicker. I wouldn't be surprised if Cruz is the one who has his way with the leg-kicks considering Cejudo's wide karate stance.

It was pretty clear that Cruz wasi njured going in the Cody fight , Headbutt also had a good effect in the fight.

Yet Cruz managed to make it a close fight and it wasn't an "embarrasement" as you claim , It was a 3-2 fight and Cruz did well despite being injured.

I love Cruz, but the Cody fight was completely one-sided. Cody was playing with him. I was shocked at how one-sided it really was, all scores aside.

I remember watching the fight with friends who didn't really know MMA, telling them you're going to see one of the most unique fighters in the history of MMA, then Cody just has his way with him. Unbelievable. His foot may have never truly healed after the TJ fight.