Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz needs to make the stroll to the octagon one final time early subsequent 12 months.
“I’ll let you know, I believe I bought a final dance, I would like one final dance in me,” Cruz advised TMZ. “Simply go on the market and have enjoyable, and once I say enjoyable, I imply combat to the bitter dying and see what I’ve in me.
“The enjoyable comes months after that. That’s when it will get to set in and be like, ‘OK, that was enjoyable. However I’m able to stroll within the fireplace once more and see what life and dying actually seems to be like. Yet one more go at that will be a pleasure.”
Cruz made his UFC debut in 2011 because the promotion’s 135-pound champ, however due to a litany of accidents all through his profession, he’s solely been in a position to compete 10 occasions within the octagon. Cruz one his first 5 UFC fights, which included defending his title twice, after which re-gaining it following a pair of prolonged layoffs.
In his most up-to-date outing, Cruz was knocked out by Marlon Vera within the fourth spherical in the principle occasion of UFC San Diego in August 2022. The 39-year-old hoped to compete this 12 months, but it surely didn’t come collectively for him.
“I needed to get after it this 12 months but it surely’s not wanting like a matchup is getting negotiated precisely proper the way in which that it’s,” Cruz defined. “There’s some guys on the market which have regarded actually good. The entire division is stacked, so it’s been unimaginable to be part of that division.
“However most likely early subsequent 12 months is what’s going to work and line up.”
