January 17th, 2016
Former Bantamweight champion Dominick "Dominator" Crux defeated sitting Bantamweight champion TJ "Viper" Dillashaw to win back his UFC belt, after relinquishing his title due to devastating groin and ACL tears in 2014. After making the transfer over from World Extreme Cagefighting in 2010, Cruz won the inaugural UFC Bantamweight title over Urijah Faber in 2011 avenging his only loss, which came to Faber in the WEC. He defended his belt twice more before suffering a series of brutal injuries. He tore two ACL's, a groin, and broke his right hand. He fought only once in four years as a result from 2012 to 2016, with his only match a KO victory against Takeya Mazugaki in 2014.
His opponent, TJ Dillashaw was a finalist on the "The Ultimate Fighter" television series in 2011 which got him a contract with the UFC. Dillashaw had lost only one fight officially in the UFC before Cruz to Raphael Assuncao. He won the UFC Bantamweight title in July 2015, when he defeated Renan Barao by a TKO.
Cruz and Dillashaw fought to a split decision which came down to a close scoring of the first round. Cruz's crazy unique style of fighting made it tough for Dillashaw to land quality strikes and the judges determined that Cruz had been the aggressor in three rounds to Dillashaw's two.
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