Dana Dana White glad former UFC champ Dominick Cruz retired

UFC CEO Dana White totally helps Dominick Cruz’s choice to retire from MMA.

Former UFC and WEC champion Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) was scheduled to compete in his remaining combat on Feb. 22 in opposition to Rob Font, however sustained one other critical shoulder damage that pressured him to tug the plug on his profession before deliberate.

It’s a sadly poetic finish for Cruz, who, regardless of his many accomplishments, had his potential profession successes diminished by an limitless string of layoff and well being points. Nonetheless, he’s more likely to discover himself within the UFC Corridor of Fame at some point, and White thinks it was the appropriate name to cease pushing.

“I’m blown away that he hung in there so long as he did,” White informed reporters at Saturday’s UFC 312 post-event information convention. “Who’s been extra injured than this man in his profession? It’s fascinating. And the psychological drive to simply wish to hold coming again and making an attempt time and again and once more after so many surgical procedures and so many accidents, you’ve bought to provide it to him. However I’m glad that he lastly hung it up.”

Set to show 40 on March 9, retirement was the inevitable conclusion for Cruz. He didn’t get the send-off combat he needed, however already has a post-career infrastructure in place along with his place as a UFC commentator, analyst and coach on the UFC Efficiency Institute in Mexico.

“When you’ve the kind of expertise and sort of profession he’s had, and you may sit within the sales space and discuss fights, it’s superior,” White stated. “He’ll have an ideal profession after his profession.”