One distinguished ex-fighter has joined loads of followers in questioning the UFC’s choice to play a tribute package deal on bantamweight legend Dominick Cruz this weekend.
Cruz, who held gold underneath the WEC banner earlier than turning into a two-time titleholder on MMA’s greatest stage, competed for the final time in the primary occasion of a UFC Combat Evening in San Diego again in August 2022. Following a knockout loss to Marlon Vera that stalled his cost again up the ladder, “The Dominator” set his sights on one ultimate bout.
However after a well-recognized foe within the type of harm away from the cage prevented that being booked till 2025, catastrophe struck as soon as once more final month when it emerged that Cruz had been pressured out of his scheduled retirement struggle towards Rob Font in Seattle on Feb. 22.
Having sustained one other critical bodily setback, revealed to be a second dislocated shoulder in a matter of months, the 39-year-old confirmed his choice to name time on his energetic profession.
Cruz stays a coloration commentator for the promotion, and whereas filling that position at Saturday’s UFC Vegas 103 occasion on the Apex, he watched on as a highlights package deal from his profession was performed.
The UFC’s choice to air it drew blended responses, nevertheless, with many questioning why a legend like Cruz had his farewell second happen contained in the low-capacity Apex.
And among the many most distinguished to boost their dissatisfaction was former light-weight title challenger Al Iaquinta.
“Dominick Cruz deserves far more than the apex man cmon,” Iaquinta wrote on X.
Many are questioning why the group didn’t wait one other week to play the video throughout the high-profile UFC 313 pay-per-view broadcast inside T-Cellular Enviornment.
