UFC 269 prelims: Former UFC Champion Dominick Cruz gets unanimous decision victory over Pedro Munhoz
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Dominick Cruz is an inspiring story for any fighter who’s withstanding injuries and going through what can be an athlete’s darkest phase of his life. Cruz bounced back from a long line of injuries in the past decade and after he was fully healthy, returned to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Even after losing the title and being unable to get it back, Cruz started it all again from the bottom of the rankings to fight up and coming fighters like Casey Kenny and tonight, Pedro Munhoz. Against Munhoz tonight at UFC 269, Cruz has looked better than ever, as he not only bounced back from a knockdown and lost the first round, but then also won the next two rounds in an absolute fashion.
Dominick Cruz adds another victory to the record of most wins in bantamweight division
By consensus, people already consider Cruz to be the greatest bantamweight of all time and has now secured 14 wins in UFC/WEC history, the most in the bantamweight division surpassing TJ Dillashaw. The victory against a knockout artist like Pedro Munhoz has to put Cruz against top 5 opponents now.
Watch the Twitter reactions for Cruz’s win that includes interim-bantamweight champion Petr Yan, Chael Sonnen, Ariel Helwani and more!
Who do you think is next for “The Dominator” Dominick Cruz? In the top 5, we have Petr Yan, Jose Aldo, Rob Font, and former rival TJ Dillashaw right in the mix. In terms of getting magnitude, Cruz and megastar Sean O’Malley can get it on considering both are the hardest puzzles of striking to be solved in the bantamweight division, and this fight can just prove who is the smartest.
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