UFC is heading to Boston, Massachusetts on January 17th 2016 with another exciting Fight Night card, airing exclusively on Fox Sports 1. The headliner for this one is going to be an exciting battle for the UFC Bantamweight Championship. T.J. Dillashaw will defend his title against former Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz, who had never actually lost the title in the first place!
Dominick Cruz was stripped of the Bantamweight Championship due to inactivity caused by repeated long-term injuries. Upon his return, Cruz finished Takeya Mizugaki in an explosive knockout, 1:01 into the 1st round. Cruz has defeated many great opponents and is actually the last person to defeat the Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson. Dominick feels he is the rightful Champion of the division until someone can beat him inside the octagon, and Dillashaw believes he’s the man to do it!
T.J. Dillashaw’s most notable feat is when he took the title from the former champion, Renan Barao. Barao was on an undefeated win streak that lasted 9 years, at the time he was at the top of the Pound-for-Pound list. Barao had the odds to win 20 to 1, but Dillashaw put on such an impressive and dominant performance that finished the former champion halfway through the 5th round. Barao got his rematch a year later and Dillashaw put on an even better performance, this time finishing Barao in the 4th round.
There are some other matchups that evening that are very promising as well. Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis is bound to be an exciting war. This is Pettis’s first fight since his loss to Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos, and Alverez will be riding off of his victory against Gilbert Melendez, both men trying to get there shot at the UFC Lightweight Championship. Another match to pay attention to is Chris Wade vs. Mairbek Taisumov, both of these men are extremely explosive and have the potential to finish fights. Chris Wade is a strong up-comer in the division fighting out of Long Island MMA in Farmingdale, New York.
The entire Fight Night Boston card is an exciting one, but make sure you really pay attention to the fights mentioned here, you will not be disappointed!
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