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October 14, 2019 | Empowerment

The former bantamweight champion might be returning to the cage that this summer for the first time in nearly three decades. It was reported that this week on UFC Tonight that Dominick Cruz, the former UFC bantamweight champion, is targeting a return to the Octagon at UFC 177, which is set to take place August 30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Cruz’ head trainer at Alliance MMA at San Diego, Eric Del Fierro, their camp wants Cruz to take on top competition Takeya Mizugaki in his comeback match. With a triumph over Mizugaki, Cruz would put himself near getting another crack at the belt in 135lbs. Cruz hasn’t fought since October 2011, when he conquered current UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson through five-round unanimous decision in a tactical affair. Overall Cruz defended the UFC/WEC bantamweight title four occasions between 2010 and 2011 before suffering a major knee injury in 2012 which has kept him out of the cage for more than two years now. However, it should be noted that he has among the greatest winning streaks of fighter in the branch with 10-straight successes over the likes of Urijah Faber, Brian Bowles, Joseph Benavidez, Scott Jorgensen, Ian McCall, as well as the aforementioned Johnson. Despite missing so much time, the UFC let him hold onto his belt until this past year, when enough was enough and the advertising stripped off the title from him and gave it to interim bantamweight champ Renan Barao. UFC president Dana White said that Cruz would exude a direct title shot upon his return to the cage, but using TJ Dillashaw upsetting Barao and carrying the title this past May at UFC 173, it makes more sense for Cruz to fight someone else prior to getting another crack at the belt. A struggle between Cruz and Mizugaki would be outstanding, and it might help ascertain where exactly”The Dominator” matches in the division at the current time. At one point he had been considered one of the top five pound-for-pound fighters in the world, but after missing so much time with injury and with so much cage rust, so it is logical for him to struggle somebody first before getting his title shot, and the matchup between Mizugaki makes a great deal of sense. Whether this fight goes does, Cruz would enter the struggle as a slight favorite but with this much time and also with Mizugaki on this a wonderful series right now, there’s no way it’s a gimme fight by any means and there might certainly be an upset brewing if Cruz isn’t anywhere near what he used to look like. Disclaimer: This page includes affiliate links and MMA Odds Breaker will be paid if you make a purchase after clicking on the hyperlinks. Read more: http://sunminer.info/index.php/2019/09/25/bristol-rovers-1-1-gillingham-thomas-oconnor-earns-point-for-gills/

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