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News Dominick Cruz Officially Retires

One my favs.

Career filled with untapped potential due to injuries unfortunately, yet established himself as the BW GOAT.

Respect to the Dominator.
 
Respect to one of the classiest fighters in the UFC. He has tremendous skills and unfortunately our bodies cannot maintain a father’s time eventually consumes our abilities. Respect. Cruz is a beast.
 
GOAT. He's one of the fighters who clearly evolved the game, in terms of footwork. And he set an example of how coming back from injury can be done and persevering again and again (remember he rehabbed his ACL injury and then it went wrong again), then came back but got another long injury). He was one of the earlier guys I remember talking about mental health in MMA.

That he'd still be a tough fight for probably anyone in the top 10, all these years after his rivals first laid eyes on his game, after he's aged and after the BW division has evolved so much and become the highest-level and deepest division in the UFC, shows how ahead of the curve he was and how brilliant a style he came up with.
 
Legendary fighter and great to watch. Absolutely horrible on commentary though.
 
respect, prime dom cruz was a scrappy, super unorthodox dog. that quadrant shit is real folks. sure, some can figure it out, but most can't. just too bad it relies on pure speed and reaction. good shit though, a great career. and remember when he was banging that one fighter chick who wore his belt? good for him.
 
Sad but it's probably about time. Definitely not going to try and go to see that live now.
 
Good call. Dude is 40 in a month. He’s been cooked for a while… especially for a fighter in the BW division.
 
He hasn't fought since 2022 after losing to a brutal head kick. He's 40 so it's time to sail to the sunset.

I wish him the best in whatever he does next.
 
Former champion and a legend, but still one of the biggest what if's in the sport.
 
Black9 said:
Retiring in an injury w/o a fight. :/

Only Aldo & Jones left from Famous 2012-13 champ crew.
Which both may retire this year. :(

Best BW Of All Time? Thoughts?

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That’s a bummer. Was just listening to him on Aniks podcast the other day
 
A great fighter, an all time great and one who doesn't get mentioned as much today when he should be.

They always talk about timing of retirement, and for him I wish he didn't get kicked in the face so hard in the end.
 
The guy seemed to spend around 50% of his career badly injured, for the best. Never a fan to be honest.
 
i feel like he's already been retired for a long time now.
 
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