After being out of action for nearly four years, Dominick Cruz hoped to reclaim the title that he lost at UFC 207; however, Henry Cejudo put an end to those dreams in the second round via knockout.
Cruz has clearly been pissed about the decision Keith Peterson made last Saturday, but another question that’s been on the minds of many is whether the former Bantamweight Champion will step into the octagon again following his loss at UFC 249.
Speaking to ESPN, Cruz addresses his future in fighting and the 35-year-old puts to rest any notion that he was going to retire following his loss to Henry Cejudo:
“Yeah, I’m in this,” Cruz told ESPN. “I just need to get in there and get some more rounds. Let these legs flush, move them around. I’m healthy. I love feeling lethal and right now I am a lethal person, still. I love being healthy, it feels so good to be healthy. Even after a fight, to feel healthy like I do, it’s different.
“I’m usually going into these five-round wars, and I’m used to double the amount of damage, triple the amount of damage than I took. Because over the five rounds, you just accumulate a lot. Even with good decision making, you accumulate a lot on your feet, your hands, and none of that has taken place. My face is fine, I barely got hit in my face. It’s just part of it, and (the) loss is part of this thing.”
Despite losing his second fight in a row, Cruz remains level headed over what to do next and the former Bantamweight Champion plans on assessing the mistakes that he made:
“I feel healthy and I don’t feel broken,” he said. “I’m here and I’m gonna get back to the gym and train and then move from there. I’ve got people that can make this move any time we want. It’s not gonna be hard to find people that wanna fight me and it’s not gonna be hard for me to find a fight. So I think it’s needless to say that you will be hearing from me in some way, shape or form again.”