{"id":399150,"date":"2022-07-23T13:09:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T13:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=399150"},"modified":"2022-07-23T13:09:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T13:09:37","slug":"i-dont-think-he-really-means-it-former-ufc-champion-dominick-cruz-shares-assessment-of-rival-marlon-chito-veras-trash-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-dont-think-he-really-means-it-former-ufc-champion-dominick-cruz-shares-assessment-of-rival-marlon-chito-veras-trash-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Don\u2019t Think He Really Means It&#8217;- Former UFC Champion Dominick Cruz Shares Assessment of Rival Marlon &#8216;Chito&#8217; Vera&#8217;s Trash-Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz gave his candid assessment of Marlon Vera, who has recently been announced as his upcoming opponent. \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera has been extremely vocal about wanting to face Cruz as he believes the former champion has been avoiding a fight against him.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz has understandably pushed back against the notion and he\u2019s more than confident in his ability to shut down Vera\u2019s rise in the UFC. Both men will headline UFC San Diego and fans have bookmarked the main event as one that will be impactful for the future of the division.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-399151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Cruz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1399\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Cruz.jpg 1399w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Cruz-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Cruz-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Cruz-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1399px) 100vw, 1399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen I look at Vera, all the things he says, I don\u2019t think he really means it,\u201d Cruz told\u00a0\u2018The Schmo\u2019. \u201cHe does, but he just wants to be heard. He\u2019s a guy that just wants people to hear him because look at what he did to\u00a0Sean O\u2019Malley and nobody said a thing about him. Nobody cares that he won that fight. He\u2019s just tired of being ignored because people don\u2019t really care that much about him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen he wins, nobody says anything. So, I think that he\u2019s just trying to be heard so he\u2019s saying anything he can, really angry, he\u2019s got a lot of demons, I guess, that he\u2019s dealing with. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2hTVn1AID-s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Dominick Cruz also talked about how Vera\u2019s comments that have been recently directed towards him are a ploy to get into the headlines. He doesn\u2019t believe that there are any genuine hints of animosity, rather, talks to garner interest in the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-waiting-fcking-six-months-to-fight-you-sean-strickland-to-accept-fight-against-derek-brunson-on-his-own-terms\/\">\u2018I\u2019m Not Waiting F*cking Six Months to Fight You\u2019- Sean Strickland To Accept Fight Against Derek Brunson On His Own Terms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut when it comes down to it, when you see him win after that fight, I\u2019ve seen him in the back, we\u2019ve worked together, he\u2019s cool. I have no beef with this guy so I\u2019m very neutral about it. He\u2019s obviously very angry about something. I think he just wants to be heard and for people to care about him.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/7\/22\/23273110\/morning-report-dominick-cruz-people-dont-really-care-that-much-about-marlon-vera-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The bantamweight division is always wide open for the taking, especially with the marked rise in the skill set of all up-and-coming talent. Fans will keep an eye out for the winner as he\u2019ll likely move right into title contention by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-interested-in-helping-him-joe-rogan-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-have-donald-trump-on-his-podcast-multiple-times\/\">\u201cOne Thing About Izzy That Is Absolutely Unique\u2026.\u201d- John McCarthy Reveals a Skill That Separates Israel Adesanya From the Rest of the Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-schedule-for-july-2022\/\">UFC Schedule for July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/one-thing-about-izzy-that-is-absolutely-unique-john-mccarthy-reveals-a-skill-that-separates-israel-adesanya-from-the-rest-of-the-division\/\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in Helping Him\u201d- Joe Rogan Explains Why He Turned Down the Opportunity to Have Donald Trump on His Podcast Multiple Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz gave his candid assessment of Marlon Vera, who has recently been announced as his upcoming opponent. \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera has been extremely vocal about wanting to face Cruz as he believes the former champion has been avoiding a fight against him. Cruz has understandably pushed back against the notion and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":399152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}