Shots Fired! Dominick Cruz Erupts On TJ 'The Turd' Dillashaw

This beef just got way more interesting. If you haven’t heard the latest argument between Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw, you need to check out this video…

Here we go again, former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and the current boss TJ Dillashaw are at it again. Ahead of their UFC Fight Night 81 booking in Boston, ‘The Dominator’ and ‘The Viper’ have sparked quite a lively feud. Since taking a lot of time off in the past five years due to injuries, it seems Cruz has found a new calling as a talented trash talker. Unfortunately for TJ, he doesn’t seem able to keep up.

In his role as co-commentator and analyst for the FOX Sports team, Cruz has shown his depth of knowledge in the game of mixed martial arts. Many of his pre-fight predictions have been 100% accurate, including his spot on forecast of Conor McGregor vs. Chad Mendes. The former WEC and UFC champion has also been calling his January 17 Boston bout with ‘The Viper,’ including his infamous ‘Counter Punch’ interview with his rival, where he basically owned an ill-prepared TJ in epic fashion.

Dillashaw responded some days later, accusing Cruz of trying to emulate Conor McGregor with his new trash talking persona, and claiming he would relegate the former champion to the commentator’s booth by knocking him out when they meet next weekend. Then came the fantastically entertaining UFC Fight Night Boston media call, where Cruz once again proved he is ruling Dillashaw in the pre-fight banter.

“You can dress up a turd, but it still stinks,” Cruz said Friday on the media call. “That’s T.J. Dillashaw. He’s still an Alpha Male guy. He’s still got those guys training with him. He’s still one of them. He’s still a jock. He’s still a meathead. He’s still not that bright. And he still uses a lot of the fundamentals that those guys use.”

“[He] literally shuts down when you’re taking to him,” Cruz said. “He just doesn’t want to say anything. It’s weird.”

Shots fired!

Dillashaw did respond, and you can check out the entire UFC Boston media call audio on page 2.

Skip to page 2 for TJ Dillashaw’s response, and the full media call video…

“It’s funny that Dominick said that I don’t like to talk crap because I’m not very smart when I’m the one who has the college degree and went to school,” Dillashaw said. “It’s just the fact that I’m a martial artist and I like showing respect. I’m not gonna be one of those guys who’s going to do the Conor McGregor effect and talk a bunch of crap to make money. I want to look back on my career and know that I made the right choices and that I portrayed myself the way I want to be portrayed and not look like a jackass while doing it.”

“You gotta laugh it off,” Dillashaw said. “You can let him talk crap and look like an idiot, but it all comes down to the night of the fight.”

“He just doesn’t mind talking sh*t,” he said of Cruz. “I’m just not one of those guys. I treat people with a little more respect. He can’t take the fact that I believe in myself and that I’m the better fighter.”

Transcribe props go to MMAFighting.com.

Interesting response, but not quite on the same level of banter as Cruz.