Dominick Cruz News

Chris Taylor - October 20, 2016

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (22-1 MMA) is slated to return to action at UFC 207 this December in Las Vegas, according to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani. “The Dominator” is being targeted to square off with Cody Garbrandt at the pay-per-view event.

Tom Taylor - October 10, 2016

https://youtu.be/y41BSxRYrGQ Dominick Cruz is an incredible force at bantamweight. Though his run atop the division was put on hold by a string of unfortunate injuries between late 2011 to early 2016, he has yet to lose at 135 lbs.

Chris Taylor - October 9, 2016

It’s no secret that UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and surging contender Cody Garbrandt don’t like each other. The two 135-pound fighters have been trading verbal shots for months – so much so, in fact, that it is starting to look like contenders such as TJ Dillashaw, Bryan Caraway and Jimmie Rivera will be skipped over to book the Cruz vs. Garbrandt grudge match. “No Love” continued the trash talk yesterday tweeting out the following picture of how Cruz will look following their anticipated fight, which has been rumored for December’s UFC 207 event.

bjpenndotcom - October 8, 2016

Prior to UFC 202 back in August, UFC President Dana White stated that Conor McGregor would need to return to featherweight to defend his featherweight strap after his rematch with Nate Diaz.

Chris Taylor - August 28, 2016

It is safe to say that current UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and rising division star Cody Garbrandt just don’t like each other. The fighters have been going back and forth on social media for weeks now and it doesn’t appear that the verbal warfare will be stopping anytime soon.

Chris Taylor - August 21, 2016

Undefeated UFC bantamweight contender Cody Garbrandt (10-0 MMA) scored another first-round knockout at last night’s UFC 202 event, this time over veteran Takeya Mizugaki. Following the bout, “No Love” called out current UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz in his post-fight octagon interview.

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016

The war of words continues between UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and #8 ranked bantamweight Cody Garbrandt!

Chris Taylor - August 13, 2016

UFC bantamweight contender Cody Garbrandt is hoping that an impressive victory at next weekend’s UFC 202 event in Las Vegas will earn him a title shot against Dominick Cruz. “He said he’s going to add to my concussion list,” Garbrandt said, referring to a recent Cruz interview with MMAjunkie. “That says to me like he’s going to try to go in there and kill me. He wants to do that, so I’m definitely going to make him eat every one of his words. He’s going to be eating through a straw for a couple of months after we fight.”

bjpenndotcom - July 20, 2016

While Dominick Cruz holds a win over former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, Dillashaw has continued to blast the bantamweight kingpin. Following Dillashaw’s UFC 200 win over Raphael Assuncao, the former champ took to Instagram with a lengthy message directed at Dominick Cruz. The message ended with “Stop running, let’s get this on paper”.

bjpenndotcom - July 19, 2016

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Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is looking for big fights for himself and doesn’t consider a rematch with TJ Dillashaw a fight that will catch people’s interest. “I don’t care about that m———– at all,” Cruz told ESPN‘s Five Rounds podcast. “I beat that dude three years off the couch. He got me at 75 percent. So, the fact he thinks he beat me is nonsense.

bjpenndotcom - June 21, 2016

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has never been one to shy away from giving his thoughts on his fellow fighters. In addition to being able to dish out an incredible volume of trash talk, Cruz backs up his talk inside the Octagon, earning him the reputation as one of the most talented fighters in the UFC. Cruz, who holds a win over arguable pound for pound kingpin Demetrious Johnson, was asked by MMAJunkie for his thoughts on Johnson’s upcoming UFC 201 fight with Wilson Reis:

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

Going into UFC 199, there was certainly no love lost between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber. For nearly 10 years the pair had engaged in a bitter rivalry after Faber submitted Cruz back in 2007 under the WEC banner. Cruz avenged the loss in the UFC, defeating Faber via unanimous decision, however that wasn’t enough to put an end to the rivalry. In the co-main event of UFC 199, the pair finally competed in a trilogy fight, which Cruz won in convincing fashion.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

At UFC 199, Dominick Cruz defeated bitter rival Urijah Faber via unanimous decision, dominating the fight from start to finish as he knocked Faber down several times, and secured several takedowns over the course of the fight. Following the fight, Team Alpha Male fighter Cody Garbrandt ran into Cruz backstage, which resulted in a rather heated exchange according to Garbrandt. He recounted the incident on Stud Radio Show.

Russell Ess - June 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/lFSQsjPzWpo?t=23m30s Team Alpha Male’s Cody Garbrandt has his target set on UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz picked up a dominant decision victory over bitter rival Urijah Faber at last night’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles. In the fights second round Cruz was able to drop Faber with a big left hand, check it out:

bjpenndotcom - June 4, 2016

In the co-main event of UFC 199, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber finally had their trilogy fight nearly a decade after the pair’s first bout under the WEC banner.

bjpenndotcom - June 4, 2016

Prior to UFC 199, fighters had the opportunity to weigh-in throughout the course of the day on weigh-in day rather than at the official weigh-ins later in the day. The idea is that by giving fighters the opportunity to weigh-in throughout the day, they will be able to rehydrate better before their fights Saturday night.