Dominick Cruz breaks down the UFC 316 rematch between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O'Malley, who meet for the belt he once held.

Mix (20-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) meets streaking bantamweight Mario Bautista (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) on Saturday's UFC 316 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main card at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Dominick Cruz will undoubtedly go down as one of MMA’s greatest ‘what-ifs’—a testament to his legacy despite being one of the most accomplished bantamweights in history. With a career ...

LAS VEGAS >> For more than half his life, Dominick Cruz has developed his body to fight — initially as a wrestler, then as a mixed martial artist. Along the way, Cruz has experienced many triumphs.

It had its hardships and its setbacks, starting with his own realization that Dominick Cruz the fighter did not necessarily capture the entirety of Dominick Cruz the human being. "For a long ...

The first time I saw Dominick Cruz fight live was in 2010 at the final WEC event, and it left me with a feeling of deep sympathy for his opponent. The poor guy. His name was Scott Jorgensen and he ...

The bantamweight title is on the line in the UFC 316 main event when champion Merab Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) takes on ...

The last time Dominick Cruz fought in the UFC, the promotion hadn't debuted on FOX television yet. Neither the women's nor flyweight divisions had been created. Anderson Silva was still king of ...

Dominick Cruz was once considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the face of the planet. Victories over former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, current UFC flyweight champion ...

But when the fights begin, I'll be thinking of Dominick Cruz. Cruz is the former UFC bantamweight champion, and was supposed to defend his title against Barao on Saturday. That would have been a ...

Dominick Cruz's charge towards the title was stopped dead in its tracks on Saturday when he was on the receiving end of a devastating head kick KO loss. The defeat to Marlon Vera will be a tough ...

It broke TJ Dillashaw's heart to lose his bantamweight title to Dominick Cruz in January, but it may have been even harder to miss out on a rematch despite being the No. 1 ranked contender in the ...