Dominick Cruz Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#5Marlon Vera Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R4	2:17	UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz	Aug 13, 2022
W	#8Pedro Munhoz Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier	Dec 11, 2021
W	#15Casey Kenney Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya	Mar 6, 2021
L	CHenry CejudoTitle Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R2	4:58	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	May 9, 2020
L	#5Cody GarbrandtTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey	Dec 30, 2016
W	#2Urijah FaberTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2	Jun 4, 2016
W	CTJ DillashawTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz	Jan 17, 2016
W	#5Takeya Mizugaki Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	1:01	UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso	Sep 27, 2014
W	Demetrious JohnsonTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson	Oct 1, 2011
W	Urijah FaberTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber	Jul 2, 2011

Outside the UFC

17-1across 18 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 1 sub · 10 decWEC · TC 27 · TC 18 · TC 16 · TC 15 +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Scott Jorgensen15-12	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	WEC	Dec 16, 2010
W	Joseph Benavidez28-8	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	WEC	Aug 18, 2010
W	Brian Bowles10-3	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	5:00	WEC	Mar 6, 2010
W	Joseph Benavidez28-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Aug 9, 2009
W	Ivan Lopez14-6-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:24	WEC	Apr 5, 2009
W	Ian McCall13-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Jan 25, 2009
W	Charlie Valencia12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WEC	Jun 1, 2008
W	Kenneth Aimes1-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	TC 27	Mar 22, 2008
L	Urijah Faber35-11	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:38	WEC	Mar 24, 2007
W	Shad Smith15-27-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TC 18	Nov 4, 2006
W	Juan Miranda7-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:00	TC 16	Sep 9, 2006
W	Dave Hisquierdo6-4	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	TC 15	Jul 15, 2006
W	Michael Barney4-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:45	RITC 79	Feb 24, 2006
W	Nick Hedrick9-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	RITC 75	Sep 30, 2005
W	Josh Donahue3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:09	RITC 74	Sep 10, 2005
W	Tom Schwager0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:56	RITC 73	Aug 6, 2005
W	Rosco McClellan9-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:26	RITC 70	Jun 11, 2005
W	Eddie Castro4-3	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	RITC 67	Jan 29, 2005

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 2 losses

W7

L2

Submission

1 win, 1 loss

W1

L1

Decision

16 wins, 1 loss

W16

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.10

Below avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.10

Below avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Dominick Cruz

PowerChin

Knockout rate

10%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.19 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

7

2.04 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Dominick Cruz

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 5 of 9 rounds they disagreed on (56%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

5–4

Won – Lost

56% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 50%

1W1L

Split2 decisions · 50%

2W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

0

Won

2

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC53rd

33%780 / 2,053

Striking accuracy

70%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.30 differential

Landed3.91

Absorbed2.61

77%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head66%77th518
Body18%62nd141
Leg16%66th121

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

89%Standing

Standing89%693
Clinch7%53
Ground4%34

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Dominick Cruz

Landed per 15

Head

A

81st

42.4

81st

Body

B

63rd

11.5

63rd

Leg

A

70th

9.9

70th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

62nd

28.1

62nd

Body

B

59th

9.3

59th

Leg

D

33rd

10.7

33rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	42.4	518	1,686	31%
Body	11.5	141	226	62%
Leg	9.9	121	141	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.1	343	1,365	25%
Body	9.3	114	194	59%
Leg	10.7	131	162	81%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Dominick Cruz

32%

Takedown accuracy

84%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.3 min net

On top1.9

On bottom0.5

Offense

Takedowns

A

73rd

2.3

73rd

TD accuracy

D

41st

32%

41st

Sub attempts

C

44th

0.1

44th

Control

C

42nd

1.9 min

42nd

Defense

TD defense

A

83rd

84%

83rd

Controlled

0.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	28 / 88
Submission attempts	1
Control time	22:38

Defense

TDs defended	31 / 37
Control absorbed	6:41

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (183min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Dominick Cruz

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 183 min

117%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Cruz holds steady (-1% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Cruz lifts to 117% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Cruz — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Cruzlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Cruzattempts / min

Control time

Cruz% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.2	4.2	3.0	0.50	12%	10
R2	6.2	4.8	3.8	0.38	6%	9
R3	6.7	4.6	3.3	0.53	14%	8
R4	5.3	3.8	3.0	0.37	10%	6
R5	6.2	3.2	2.7	0.68	24%	5

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Dominick Cruz

10 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

82/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

98th

81%

98th

Win quality

A+

96th

68%

96th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

5

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	1-2	33%
Top-5	5	4-1	80%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div champ	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Marlon Vera#5	Top-5	80	Aug 13, 2022
W	Pedro Munhoz#8	Top-5	78	Dec 11, 2021
W	Casey Kenney#15	Top-15	60	Mar 6, 2021
L	Henry CejudoCHAMP	Champion	100	May 9, 2020
L	Cody Garbrandt#5	Champion	92	Dec 30, 2016
W	Urijah Faber#2	Top-5	89	Jun 4, 2016
W	TJ DillashawCHAMP	Champion	100	Jan 17, 2016
W	Takeya Mizugaki#5	Top-5	78	Sep 27, 2014
W	Demetrious Johnson	Cross-div champ	68	Oct 1, 2011
W	Urijah Faber	Top-5	76	Jul 2, 2011

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

10 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-3

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-2

7 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

4-2

6 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

3-1

4 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-1

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-0

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3y 10mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Dominick Cruz

Extended layoff

3y 10mosince last bout

vs Marlon Vera · Aug 13, 2022

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-1As underdog 3-2

81.4

DK avg

96.5

Median

111.1

Ceiling

36.6

Floor

60%

Boom

10%

Bust

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