UFC legend Dominick Cruz has supplied his ideas on how the rating system is put collectively within the promotion.
All through the course of his total run with the UFC, Dominick Cruz was seen as a prime man. He’s simply among the best bantamweight fighters of all time, and he’s been capable of show that point and time once more. Whereas he could now be retired from the game, there’s no denying that he’s left behind an unimaginable legacy.
Dominick Cruz, amongst many different fighters, was usually ranked within the prime 15 of their division. In a current podcast look alongside Demetrious Johnson, Cruz spoke about how the rating system, in his view, actually works.
Dominick Cruz’s view on UFC rankings
“My expertise, the best way the rankings are made are in line with the way you wrote your contract final,” Cruz stated. “So if I wrote an enormous contract to battle you and I renegotiate at battle No. 4 after which they ask me for a favor to battle you on one week’s discover for a title, I’ve a possibility to renegotiate my contract and I can in all probability get an excellent chunk.
“So let’s say I negotiate rather well and I stand up to more cash than anyone within the division after which I lose to you. I’m nonetheless making that cash.”
“Now that they’re paying me, you’re telling me, I simply misplaced, they’re going to offer me No. 10 now?” Cruz continued. “However I’m making a living to battle for a title. They’re not going to pay me title cash [for that], by no means. You see what I imply? In order that’s the true rating is how a lot your contract is written for.”
“Even when I misplaced the title, even when I misplaced two in a row, they’re nonetheless giving me prime 5 as a result of I’m getting paid a lot they need to see me get beat to dying for that cash,” Cruz stated.
“As soon as a fighter can give up to the truth that rankings aren’t based mostly off your ability, it’s based mostly off of who desires to observe you, then you definitely’re ranked. … I believe that also makes it a sport, it’s simply wrapped in a unique package deal and we’re all OK with it or we’re not,” Cruz stated. “I nonetheless signed up. I’m nonetheless right here. I’m nonetheless going to do it. I’m nonetheless going to signal.”
Quotes by way of MMA Fighting
