Without his rivalry and that team, Team Alpha Male, and me fighting so many of their teammates.It made me a lot stronger, a lot better.I'm grateful for that rivalry.' Watch Cruz's media day appearance below: Dominick Cruz says he has no problem with Chito Vera A few months ago, news emerged that there may be some beef between bantamweight contenders Dominick Cruz and Chito Vera. For 145 as well, Aldo, you know Faber was a big part of that Dominick Cruz weighs in on the impact of his rivalry with Urijah Faber on UFC s bantamweight divisionĭominick Cruz weighs in on the impact of his rivalry with Urijah Faber on UFC's bantamweight division × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story QueueVideo QueueEditing StatsWriter Home SEO Redirection AdminGaming Wiki EditsTaxonomy HomeEdit Site MenuMapping DashboardTag Pages Community Social Feed QueueFeed CenterNotification CenterAffiliate HomeManage PagesBottom Tagline DashTimeless Stories Logout MMA UFC News Set the water line for this division - Dominick Cruz weighs in on the impact of his rivalry with Urijah Faber on UFC s bantamweight division ByLiam Fresen Modified Follow Us Comment Share Dominick Cruz (left) and Urijah Faber (right) Dominick Cruz is largely to thank for building the bantamweight division within the UFC to what it is today, alongside fighters like Urijah Faber.The rivalry between Cruz and Faber is legendary, and it is common knowledge that Cruz was the number one target of Faber's gym, Team Alpha Male.'The Dominator' has fought Faber on three separate occasions, all for world titles.The first was for the WEC featherweight strap, and the other two fights were for the UFC bantamweight title.Ĭruz sits at 2-1 against Faber and he has acknowledged that the rivalry between the two is what helped shape the 135lb weight class.He spoke to the media during UFC San Diego media day and said the following:'When me and him had our rivalry it really helped set the water line for this division.

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