Dominick Cruz is so sick of Daniel Cormier’s commentary during fights that he keeps the former double champ on mute during broadcasts.
At least that’s what he told the press at the UFC 269 media day, criticizing DC for failing to “do the homework” before entering the commentary booth.
UFC Bantamweight Dominick Cruz Slams DC’s UFC Commentary: “He doesn’t do the homework”
“When it comes to ‘DC,’ I usually mute it. I love DC, he’s my friend, but to me, from my experience, he doesn’t do the homework.
He wants to get in and out, get the job done, make his money, and I think he cares about us but it’s just different. He doesn’t do the preparation from my experience. He might now.
I’m hoping he watches some film this time on me so he knows what I’m doing and why I’m doing it, but I’m not gonna hold my breath on that, that’s for sure.”
Cruz himself has taken to commentary work recently, and acknowledges that he still has improvements to make in his ringside gig.
““Honestly, I’m never perfect, so there’s a roster of, I don’t know, what, 400, 600 fighters and not everybody’s gonna agree with what I say either.
So it’s all perspective in there. DC is a gifted athlete and I think Bisping does a lot of homework. I think he watches a lot of film and I think there’s certain people that watch the film and I count that because I do the film study.”
Cruz was full of praise for longtime commentator Joe Rogan as well as his fellow broadcasters Michael Bisping and Jon Anik. “The sport itself, yes, we may know more because we’ve been in there, but Joe Rogan brings a special quality.
I hope he does this next to me forever, to be honest. I really do. I love working with him, I love him as a human being and what he stands for right now, especially in this day and age, he’s a powerful human being.
Anik, same. I want to work with Anik for the rest of this. If he quits, I say, ‘I will slap you if you quit. I need you. Don’t you dare.’
Me and Bisping, do I really need to touch on that? That’s back and forth. He’s just fun. He’s my friend. I’ll never forget Bisping came to one of my… I lost one of my fights and he came to my afterparty and he partied with me all night.
I’ll forever have a space in my heart with Bisping whether people know it or not, I love that guy. DC, again, we go back and forth and we bicker like brothers because he’s like my brother to me. I just love him, too.
I just need him to watch some film.” Perhaps Daniel Cormier will enter the booth this weekend with a few hours of “homework” under his belt to see Cruz take on Pedro Munhoz at UFC 269.
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