“The Dominator” 2007-2022 · 63 rounds on file

Dominick Cruz

14-4-0 W-L-D in this database

Strike accuracy 1,185/3,539

Takedown accuracy 57/133

Sig. strikes / round 18.8

Control / round 0:48

Inside the distance 14% 2 of 14 wins

Height: 5′8″172.7 cm
Reach: 68″172.7 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 4109 MAR 1985
Listed weight: 135 lb61.2 kg

Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 18 fights - 6.3 takedown attempts and 17% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 9 7-2-0 vs 1590 avg

Positional Controller 5 4-1-0

Submission Grappler 4 3-1-0

Hybrid 7 6-1-0 vs 1562 avg

Well-Rounded 7 6-1-0

Striking 1 0-1-0 vs 1600 avg

Distance Striker 1 0-1-0

-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 9 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 63 rounds across 18 of 18 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 18.8

Sig. strikes absorbed 12.6

Takedowns landed 0.9

Knockdowns 0.0

Sub. attempts 0.0

Control time 0:48 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 33% 1,185/3,539

Takedowns 43% 57/133

Opponents’ accuracy 29% 792/2,719

Where the strikes land

Head 67% 795

Body 18% 219

Leg 14% 171

And from where

At distance 86% 1,014

In the clinch 7% 88

On the ground 7% 83

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-2

Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1

Decision 12 won Decision (Unanimous) · 9-1 Decision (Split) · 3-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
13 AUG 2022	Marlon Vera	Lost	Technical Knockout	R4 2:17	92	61	UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz
11 DEC 2021	Pedro Munhoz	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	103	74	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
06 MAR 2021	Casey Kenney	Won	Decision (Split)	R3 5:00	89	74	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
09 MAY 2020	Henry Cejudo	Lost	Technical Knockout	R2 4:58	33	53	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
30 DEC 2016	Cody Garbrandt	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	88	68	UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
04 JUN 2016	Urijah Faber	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	87	34	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
17 JAN 2016	TJ Dillashaw	Won	Decision (Split)	R5 5:00	112	109	UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz
27 SEP 2014	Takeya Mizugaki	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 1:01	26	2	UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso
01 OCT 2011	Demetrious Johnson	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	60	63	UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson
02 JUL 2011	Urijah Faber	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	90	50	UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber
16 DEC 2010	Scott Jorgensen	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	117	42	WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis
18 AUG 2010	Joseph Benavidez	Won	Decision (Split)	R5 5:00	58	35	WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez
06 MAR 2010	Brian Bowles	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 5:00	42	15	WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz
09 AUG 2009	Joseph Benavidez	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	36	31	WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles
05 APR 2009	Ivan Lopez	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 3:24	30	12	WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki
25 JAN 2009	Ian McCall	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	57	32	WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone
01 JUN 2008	Charlie Valencia	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	61	33	WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver
24 MAR 2007	Urijah Faber	Lost	Submission	R1 1:38	4	4	WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio

Photographs on this page

Dominick Cruz - James K. McCann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.