Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has agreed to combat for the primary time since 2022.
Verbal agreements are in place for Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) to face Rob Font (21-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC) within the UFC Combat Evening 252 co-main occasion Feb. 22 at Local weather Pledge Area in Seattle.
An individual with information of the scenario knowledgeable MMA Junkie that each events have agreed following a report by ESPN that cited UFC CBO Hunter Campbell.
Cruz, 39, most just lately competed in a knockout loss to Marlon Vera in August 2022. The defeat snapped a two-fight profitable streak that was comprised of choice wins over Casey Kenney and Pedro Munhoz.
Font, 37, snapped a two-fight shedding skid in October when he defeated Kyler Phillips by unanimous choice. The bout was Font’s first coaching at Tristar in Montreal. Font is 2-4 in his most up-to-date six, although the losses have solely come to high contenders.
With the addition, the UFC Combat Evening 252 lineup consists of:
- Henry Cejudo vs. Tune Yadong
- Dominick Cruz vs. Rob Font
- Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira
- Edson Barboza vs. Steve Garcia
- Michael Chiesa vs. TBA
- Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez
- Ibo Aslan vs. Ion Cutelaba
- Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev
- Islam Dulatov vs. Adam Fugitt
- Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. Jean Silva
- Modestas Bukauskas vs. Raffael Cerqueira
- Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli
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