Dominick Cruz vs Pedro Munhoz is in works for UFC 269

The UFC’s bantamweight division is on fire right now, and to make things more interesting a matchup between the top contender, Pedro Munhoz, and the former champion, Dominick Cruz is in works for UFC 269.

The card will be headlined by the lightweight champion, Charles Oliveria. He will take on the number contender Dustin Poirier. Amanda Nunes and Brandon Moreno will also defend their title against Julianna Pena and Deiveson Figuiredo respectively.

Cruz is coming off from a victory against Casey Kenney nine months ago, and Pedro is coming off from a loss against another former champion Jose Aldo in August. This will be an interesting match-up, and it will shake up the division for sure.

Jose Aldo declined the offer to fight Dominick Cruz

Aldo gave an impressive performance against Pedro Munhoz in his last fight, and fans lost their mind over this as they got a taste of vintage Aldo back. Now that he is on a two-fight winning streak, Jose is looking to fight someone who can get him to the belt as quickly as possible.

People speculated a match between Aldo and former champion Dominick Cruz would be amazing, but Jose isn’t interested in this one. TJ Dillashaw recently returned and defeated Cory Sandhagen in a title eliminator bout, and Aldo is more than willing to fight Dillashaw.

In a recent interview, Aldo talked about this and said, “I want to climb step-by-step. I may have bitten off more than I could chew but it happens, you aim big and hit big. But it’s different now, we’re going step-by-step, adapting to the division. After this great fight, I want to put on another great performance by December. Dillashaw is the focus. If it’s early next year, I can wait too. I’ll leave that up to ‘Dede’ to deal with. I want to fight by December or January, tops. With another great fight and win, we can get closer to the belt.”

Also read – UFC 265 (Co-main event): Jose Aldo beats Pedro Munhoz via. unanimous decision