The former bantamweight champion might be returning to the cage this summer for the first time in almost 3 years. It was reported that this week on UFC Tonight the Dominick Cruz, the former UFC bantamweight champion, is targeting a return to the Octagon at UFC 177, which can be 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 shoot on top contender Takeya Mizugaki in his comeback match. With a triumph over Mizugaki, Cruz would put himself close to getting another crack in 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 event. Overall Cruz defended the UFC/WEC bantamweight title four times between 2010 and 2011 before suffering a major knee injury in 2012 that has kept him from the cage for more than two decades now. But it should be noted that he has among the greatest winning streaks of fighter in the division with 10-straight victories over the likes of Urijah Faber, Brian Bowles, Joseph Benavidez, Scott Jorgensen, Ian McCall, as well as the above Johnson. Despite lost so long, the UFC allow him hold onto his belt till this past year, when enough was enough and also the promotion stripped off the title from him and gave it into interim bantamweight champ Renan Barao. UFC president Dana White said that Cruz would exude an immediate title shot on his return into the cage, but using TJ Dillashaw upsetting Barao and taking the name this past May in UFC 173, it makes more sense for Cruz to fight someone else before getting another crack in the belt. A struggle between Cruz and Mizugaki would be excellent, and it might help ascertain where precisely»The Dominator» matches in the branch at the present time. At one stage he had been considered one of the best five pound-for-pound fighters on earth, but after missing so much time with harm and with so much cage rust, it is logical for him to fight someone first before obtaining his title shot, and the matchup between Mizugaki leaves a great deal of sense. If this struggle goes , Cruz would enter the struggle as a slight favorite but with so much time and with Mizugaki on this a wonderful streak at the moment, there is no way it’s a gimme fight by any means and there might surely be an upset brewing if Cruz isn’t anywhere close to what he used to look like.
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