Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber are trying again on their iconic feud, one of many fiercest rivalries in UFC historical past.
Cruise, who formally introduced that he’ll retire from combined martial arts in 2025, has launched a brand new podcast known as “Love & Conflict.”
Within the first episode, “The Dominator” welcomed Faber and used the previous WEC champion’s look on the present as a possibility to credit score “California Child” with not solely burying the hatchet, but additionally advancing Cruise’s personal profession.
“Early on, you had been like a rocket to my profession, whether or not I needed it to be or not, whether or not I needed to confess it or not,” Cruise informed Faber. “I am actually… grateful for the loss. Shedding to you set a hearth below my ass, so it is smart. Possibly we’ll have you ever on our first podcast and we’ll confide in you right here.”
“Yeah, we’re successful. We’re successful collectively now. It is nice. It is a win-win. And that is what I am actually centered on at this stage in my life. It isn’t prefer it’s incorrect or proper, it is how can we create a win-win, a win-win for the individuals round us, as an alternative of simply making an attempt to win on a regular basis. And that is what’s actually necessary to me. And the love side of this entire factor comes from there.”
Dominick Cruz beats Faber in back-to-back matches
Cruise and Faber first met below the WEC banner again in 2007. Cruz was undefeated that night time at 9-0, whereas Faber entered the bout because the reigning WEC featherweight champion.
Faber submitted Cruz simply 98 seconds into the opening spherical.
Three years later, their fraught relationship reached a climax when Cruz moved right down to bantamweight and have become the first-ever 135-pound UFC champion following a merger with the WEC. Shortly after, Faber chased Cruz down a weight class, setting the stage for a heated rematch at UFC 132.
Now, Cruz will get his revenge by defeating Faber by unanimous determination in his first UFC bantamweight title struggle.
They lastly accomplished the trilogy in 2016, with Cruise repeating his efficiency by defeating Faber on the scorecards at UFC 199.
