Two-time UFC Bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz calls it a career after he had withdrawn from UFC Seattle due to a returned shoulder injury.
A Bantamweight icon hangs the gloves after a fighting career of three decades.
Dominick Cruz would return to the Octagon against Rob Font in UFC Seattle later this month. But in his last preparations by Vechtkamp, Cruz sustained a shoulder injury that forced him to withdraw from what he called his pension fight.
Cruz, perhaps the largest bantam weight in UFC history, would return to the cage for the first time since a knockout loss for Marlon Vera in August 2022. Before the loss for Vera Back-to-Back fights won about Pedro in 2021 Munhoz and Casey Kenney.
While Cruz Vecht fans treated an abundance of memories that will last forever, his career will also be remembered because of his various health problems and long absence of the cage. Despite his multiple interruption, he was able to compete with the best at 135 pounds and enjoyed several Bantamweight title government.
In the midst of speculation about what the next was for Cruz after his withdrawal from UFC Seattle, the former double champion issued a statement to his fans, friends and family.
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Dominick Cruz hangs the gloves after two UFC Bantamweight Title Reigns
In a recent message to X, Cruz announced his retirement in a long -term message to his supporters.
“To the fans worldwide,
“For the past 25 years, I have poured every us from myself in this sport. I was really hopeful for a final fight, but unfortunately two shoulder venoms are coming to an end to the career of this man in 8 months, “Cruz began.
“I gave everything I had and put it in preparation and training for this fight – last year on my cardio and my body. But sometimes the body just doesn't cooperate.
“The pain is not so bad now that my shoulder is back in place, but the second dislocation was much more complicated than the first. This sport has been everything for me – it helped to shape who I am.
'Thanks at the [UFC] For building this platform and freeing the road for hunters like me and so many others. The UFC broke barriers to determine the stage, not just for us as hunters. Also for every MMA sports organization that followed them in the bridge created in politics to have our sport legally in the United States and now the world.
“I am incredibly grateful for everyone who has booked tickets, hotels and flights to support me. Thank you for being there every moment, every victory and every challenge. You have made this trip unforgettable. Thank you for love and support. I'll always wear it with me. “
Cruz walks away with the second most title fight wins (4) and consecutive title defenses (2) in the history of UFC Bantamweight. Before he made his UFC debut in July 2011, Cruz was a striking in WEC, with the Bantamweight Championship while he defeated the will of Joseph Benavidez, Scott Jorgensen and Urijah Faber.
Next for Dominick Cruz? The UFC Hall of Fame
Cruz's rivalry with Faber is one of the most memorable in the UFC history. Cruz and Faber fought for almost 10 years and fought three times during their career and helped put the Bantam weight division on the map.
Cruz, the inaugural UFC Bantamweight champion, defended the belt against Demetrious Johnson before he underwent an absence of three years due to an injury. After a victory over Takeya Mizugaki at UFC 178, Cruz won the Bantamweight belt for the second time by performing TJ Dillashaw in January 2016.
After losing Cody Garbrandt on UFC 207 in his second title line, Cruz finally returned to the title shot at UFC 249 and lost to Henry Cejudo by TKO. It is a fight that Cruz still calls the most controversial loss of his career.
During his multiple absences of the competition, Cruz settled as one of the best UFC/MMA analysts on television. After he has hung up the gloves, he is expected to take a prominent role in UFC broadcasts that are making progress, and will probably enjoy a similar success if he has collected in the cage.
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