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UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz returns to action this Saturday on Versus, defending his title against Demetrious "Might Mouse" Johnson in Washington, D.C. Ahead of the fight, Cruz has penned another blog at NBCSports.com, where he talks about how losing to Urijah Faber - the only loss on his record - was the turning point of his career, check out a snippet below, and then head to NBCSports.com for the full entry:
"If I was to tell you that the night I suffered my sole professional loss also happened to be the moment I finally believed I could make it as a mixed martial artist, would you believe me? Well, regardless of whether you do or not, it's true. It sounds strange, but a March 2007 loss to Urijah Faber was the career turning point for me, and my impetus to work harder and truly become great at this sport. That was the moment I knew I could get somewhere and be somebody as a mixed martial artist. That loss made me never want to lose again...
After that I fight I came to the realisation that if I had the right coaching and worked on my grappling the way I needed to, I would only come back from that defeat a better fighter. I now had lessons to learn from and I set my mind on using that defeat as the turning point. I was only going to shoot for greatness from that point on...
I had to prove something to myself in [the rematch], and that is never easy. I am my own biggest critic, and it's taken years for me to believe in myself and reach a point where I feel I am the best in the world. I am harder on myself than anybody else ever could be. I needed that win over Faber to validate my claims and to prove to myself once and for all that I truly am the number one bantamweight in the world...
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