Issue 139
March 2016
Dominick Cruz shows what true champions are made of as he wins back his bantamweight belt.
It’s hard enough to win a UFC championship when you’ve got TJ Dillashaw’s foot in your face for 25 minutes, never mind the fact Dominick Cruz was fighting five rounds for the first time since 2011 because of his catastrophic injury history. Then consider ‘The Dominator’ was limping in the later rounds due to a nasty case of plantar fasciitis too, and you get the full picture of what he had to overcome to complete his remarkable story of redemption. The 30-year-old pushed through the pain and got back to his best to capture the UFC 135lb hardware for the second time.
Date: January 2016
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa
