Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31529160-20171103170512/@comment-32811455-20171107031944

CanadianOracle wrote: RE: TJ's post fight comments

I dont think TJ wants any part of a Cody rematch, he sounds like a guy making excuses saying "I had to wait for my rematch and I finshed Cody second round so he needs to work his way up, he is new to the game". A little disrespectful calling the former champ "new" and let's be real for a moment, this fight could have went either way as judging by that first round near finish so stop acting like it was a dominant one-sider, the champ deserves a rematch even if it is not next, it has to be close maybe one fight and rematch. You JUST won the belt back, dont act like you cleaned out the division you need to assert your dominance in your own division again first.

CanadianOracle

You have some good points there CanadianOracle. DJ vs TJ might be a big draw and possibly interesting but is also flawed IMHO for reasons already stated. And yes, a champion who hasn't yet defended the belt again like TJ wanting to take a hiatus from his own division while simultaneously not wanting to give Cody a rematch despite being "saved by the bell" in the 1st round isn't a good look. He hates Cody and that's fine, but Cruz vs Rivera is soon, no? So TJ should be ready to fight the winner. Frankly I don't see any BW contenders aside from the top 4 guys and that's IF Rivera really is the real deal. Asunsao doesn't impress me as this ain't a Jiu Jitsu contest. Sterling and Almeida might be pretty good one day, but Cody wrecked the latter and the former will likely never be a true contender for the title. So again, you have the top 4 guys and then a pretty damn lackluster division beyond that. So TJ hust needs to beat Cruz and Rivera and he'll pretty much have cleared out the division for the nonce.