“You and Dominick Cruz commentating together? It doesn’t get any better,” Travis Barker said to Joe Rogan on the Joe Rogan Experience. “He beat the sh*t out of me a couple times. We used to sponsor him a little bit, with Famous. Like, he used to walk out with Famous stuff when UFC didn’t have Reebok gear.
“And he would come down and train. Because I would train with this one guy, Josh over here in Woodland Hills. And [Cruz] said, ‘Trav, I’m gonna be in town. I’m gonna come train with you,’ I was like, ‘Okay, cool,’
“Little did I know it would be Dom tossing me around. Like oh my gosh, man. It was so difficult. He’d be like, ‘Try to sleep me. Try to knock me out,’
“So I’m giving my all,” Barker continued. “And you know when you’re swinging in the air and you’re not landing, it’s actually more tiresome than when you’re hitting somebody. So I’m swinging in the air, he’s like on the side of me all of a sudden. Like, he’s so quick with footwork. And then I’m wrestled to the ground and it’s just a wrap every time.”
Former UFC and WEC bantamweight king Dominick Cruz has been notoriously known for his incredibly competitive spirit. Surely which could be a trait that helped him become as successful as he has.
So when famous drummer Travis Barker got the opportunity to train with Cruz, he wasn’t sure what he was in for. But he quickly found out.
For Cruz, he currently is recovering from a recent shoulder injury that removed him from his scheduled bout with John Lineker at UFC 233 in January.
His last fight came at UFC 207 in December 2016, but since then ‘The Dominator’ has been able to keep himself with analyst and commentary work and even just got his own new show on ESPN alongside former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez called Unlocking Victory.
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 2/6/2019
In the main event of UFC 314 on Saturday in Miami, the vacant featherweight title is up for grabs as Alexander Volkanovski takes on Diego Lopes. Heading into the fight, Volkanovski is a -125 favorite, while the Brazilian is a -105 underdog on FanDuel.
Ahead of the scrap, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro-fighters to get their predictions for the featherweight title fight. The pros lean toward Volkanovski getting the win and reclaiming his featherweight title.
Alexander Volkanovski plans to turn back the clock at UFC 314 against Diego Lopes on Saturday night.
Volkanovski is set to take on Lopes for the vacant featherweight title. The former champ is coming off back-to-back knockout losses to Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title.
Henry Cejudo was recently the victim of a break-in. Unfortunately, the thief made off with something the former two-division MMA champion will be unable to replace: his first UFC championship belt.
Cejudo is currently competing in the UFC bantamweight division, where he briefly reigned as champion. However, before winning gold at bantamweight, he was also the promotion’s flyweight champion, having claimed the belt with an impressive but controversial decision win over fellow MMA legend Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson.
Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley traded a ton of pre-fight trash talk before their first meeting in the UFC. Apparently, it wasn’t serious — at least, not from the former’s perspective.
Dvalishvili and O’Malley first met at UFC 306 at the Las Vegas Sphere last September. Dvalishvili was challenging O’Malley for the bantamweight belt, and ultimately succeeded on his mission, dominating the five-round fight with his wrestling to a clear-cut unanimous decision win.
Paddy Pimblett is confident he won’t just beat Michael Chandler but will be able to finish him.
Pimblett is set to take on Chandler in the co-main event of UFC 314 on Saturday in a pivotal fight for the division. It’s a step-up in competition for Pimblett, who is confident he will be able to get his hand raised.
Sydney Sweeney is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood right now. She’s also a big UFC fan. In fact, she actually had lunch with one former UFC champ that seemingly left her star struck.
During a recent video call with YouTuber Kyle Forgeard, Sweeney was asked who her favorite UFC fighter is. She was quick to name drop former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, and revealed they shared a meal together.
Kayla Harrison has her first UFC title bout set, and she’s made quite the admission.
Harrison is scheduled to challenge Julianna Pena for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship at UFC 316. The championship clash will be held inside the Prudential Center in Newark on June 7. With a pro MMA record of 18-1 and UFC wins over Ketlen Vieira and Holly Holm, the general consensus is that Harrison has unquestionably earned her title opportunity.
Paddy Pimblett has some harsh words for Arman Tsarukyan.
Back in January, fans were expecting to see Tsarukyan challenge Islam Makhachev for the UFC Lightweight Championship in a rematch. Tsarukyan hurt his back, and many believe the issue occurred due to weight-cutting woes. Tsarukyan was pulled from the UFC 311 card at the last minute and replaced by Renato Moicano.
