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Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz hasn’t tapped out of his profession simply but … as the longer term Corridor of Famer tells TMZ Sports activities he needs to placed on the gloves one final time and step again into the UFC Octagon.
We caught up with 39-year-old Cruz, who’s presently in Mexico Metropolis on the UFC Efficiency Institute, and he stated he’s within the means of “constructing myself up” for a bout.
“I will inform you, I feel I received a final dance,” he stated. “I would like one final dance in me. Simply go on the market and have enjoyable. And once I say enjoyable, I imply battle to the bitter loss of life and see what I’ve in me.”
It might mark the primary time he has been within the Octagon since 2022 … which he misplaced by way of fourth-round KO to Marlon Vera.
In a perfect world, the previous champ stated he would have taken a battle this yr — however now says early 2025 is “what is going on to work and line up.”
“I needed to get after it this yr,” he stated. “However it’s not wanting like a matchup is getting negotiated precisely the best way it’s. There’s some guys on the market who appeared actually good; that entire division is stacked.”
Cruz is 24-4 in his profession … with wins over large names like Urijah Faber, T.J. Dillashaw, Demetrious Johnson and extra — and he is wanting so as to add yet one more win earlier than using off into the sundown.
