Dominick Cruz stole the glasses of a nearby reporter, slipped them on and put on his best analyst voice.
The UFC bantamweight champion was asked to break down the current storyline between him, his next opponent Urijah Faber and the man he just beat for the belt, T.J. Dillasaw.
"Faber was too scared to face T.J. -- plain and simple," Cruz said, wearing his faux analyst spectacles at the EA Sports UFC launch party during UFC 196 fight week in Las Vegas. "And so [Cruz] came back, and being the Cruz he is, beats the guy that Faber was too scared to face. Now Faber has a whole lot to say about Dominick, but Dominick is just gonna wax that ass again."
Cruz (21-1) said Faber needs to stop talking about all the belts he's won, because he has not won one in a long time. "The Dominator" said that Faber isn't beating top-five opponents and that every time he fights someone elite now he loses.
"I don't think he's regressed," Cruz said. "I don't. I don't think he's gotten worse. I think that he's the stayed the same and the game has progressed. That's the difference. I think Faber is uncoachable. I think that anytime somebody goes in there to coach him, he ends up kicking them out, because he has to be the alpha. I think that's been the downfall of his career."
Cruz, 30, said he considered that Faber didn't even really deserve the title shot, but felt like this was the fight to make anyway because of the history. He wants the feud to finally come to rest in three months.
"I'm tired of hearing about it," Cruz said. "Let me put all the questions to rest, all the talk to rest. I don't mind, because I fight anyways. This is what I do. I'm gonna fight anyway."
LINK: Dominick Cruz: The game 'has progressed' past 'uncoachable' Urijah Faber
