He lived with his single mother, grandmother, and brother in a trailer park in Tucson for most of his childhood. Early life Ĭruz was born in San Diego, California, and is of Mexican descent. Numerous media outlets called this victory the greatest comeback story in MMA history. On January 17, 2016, he regained the bantamweight championship with a split-decision win over T.J. After defending the belt twice in 2011, Cruz was sidelined by injuries in 2012 and subsequently stripped of the title in 2014. He won the WEC bantamweight title in March 2010, and won the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship the following December. Ĭruz is noted for his unorthodox movement, powerful wrestling base, quick striking, and his tendency to attack from angles in a fashion unlike any other fighter on the UFC roster. As of May 9, 2023, he is #9 in the UFC bantamweight rankings. Cruz has also competed for World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), and was the promotions final WEC Bantamweight Champion. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion.
DOMINICK CRUZ VS CASEY KENNEY PREDICTION PROFESSIONAL
“A lot of people consider him as the bantamweight GOAT, and his last fight was for the title, so I think I beat Dominick Cruz, I put him away in devastating fashion, I think that puts me right up there – top 10, top five competition.Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Lloyd Irvin ĭominick Cruz is an American professional mixed martial artist, sports analyst and commentator.
He will draw his biggest test to date when he takes on former WEC and UFC bantamweight champion Cruz, an opportunity he’ll look to fully capitalize on. Kenney emerged as one of 2020’s breakout fighters after picking up three wins, two in the span of three weeks. It was just a couple of quick comments about me being green against my cage wrestling, and I did get taken down in that fight so props to him, but just comments that’ll always stick with me.” He continued, “He mentioned a couple of things I was still green in, and I think I was just debuting in the UFC, but it’s like, man, I know exactly what I’m doing there. “Listening to him commentate, I see the way he sees things, but he has a very broad mind so nothing that I’m probably gonna take into the actual fight, but maybe a little motivation for my debut, talking a little (expletive) about my wrestling.”
I may even have a better fight IQ than him. They see me come out, brawl, love to fight, happy, but my fight IQ is high, and that’s something Dominick has been known for, but I’d like to challenge that. He’s an educated fighter, and I think that’s something that people underestimate with me. “Listening to him commentate, hearing him talk, he’s a smart fighter. “I remember him commentating my debut, and he had a couple of words that I didn’t care for, so I think that’ll be a little bit extra motivation for this fight,” Kenney told MMA Junkie Radio.
So when he meets Cruz (22-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) at UFC 259, Kenney admits that he will likely carry those words with him into the March 6 bout. When Kenney (16-2-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) upset Ray Borg in March 2019, Kenney recalls Cruz being critical of his wrestling, which he didn’t take too well. Casey Kenney hasn’t forgotten a particular comment Dominick Cruz made about him while commentating his his debut fight in the UFC.
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