R. Barão (photo) believes he already deserves the bantamweight belt. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Without fighting since October 2011, Dominick Cruz he may not be that close to returning to the octagon. In an interview with the website “PVT”, the interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao He said he had spoken to the holder of the category's linear belt and revealed that Cruz should only return to action in February of next year.
"He (Dominick Cruz) said he is returning in February. I said: 'I hope you come back. I'm rooting for your recovery. A lot of people want to see this fight: the people who follow me, who follow you too, the fans… Including me, I really want this fight to happen. I always have the goal of fighting the best, so the goal now is to fight you,'” said Barão.
The interim champion also said that, if he successfully defends the belt once again, he can ask Ultimate for the definitive title in the bantamweight category. “I think it's more than deserved, I've already competed the same number of times as the lineal champion, so I think I have the right to ask for the belt. And when Dominick recovers, he'll come and compete with me. No problem at all”, he concluded.
before thinking about Dominick Cruz or in the linear title of the Ultimate roosters, Renan Barao he has another interim belt defense ahead of him. The Potiguar faces the North American Eddie Wineland, in the co-main fight of UFC 165, on September 21, in Canada. The event features a dispute between the light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and the challenger Alexander Gustafson as the main fight.
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