Dont think Cruz's two WEC wins shouldnt count just because the fight against Jorgensen was when he technically won the UFC belt, I'd basically say his title defense starts when he wins the WEC belt against Brian Bowles, He then came in and won more after vacating too so I'd say his first title streak was 5 wins, he then came back and won the belt again against TJ and defended again against Faber so I'd but that at 7 title wins. You're playing semantics .
And honestly all that writing for whats essentially a dog-shit argument is pretty funny, "but the truth is he showed up for each fight, fought within the rules and won within the rules"
Yeah no shit I'm not saying that he didnt win those fights by the rules or blaming him, I'm simply stating that theres huge caveats to his title victorys so again you're just playing semantics, and honestly although on paper it counts we all know he was losing that Yan fight, the belt should've been vacated with Aljo winning a technical decision rather then handed to him.
So no he doesnt have the longest BW title defense reign and he doesnt have the "GOAT resume" at BW, declare it all you want, its still not true bud.