Dominick Cruz
Mixed martial arts record

Dominick Cruz

Section Title: Mixed martial arts record
Table Section Text: None

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes

Loss	22–2	Cody Garbrandt	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 207	December 30, 2016	5	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lost the UFC Bantamweight Championship. Fight of the Night.

Win	22–1	Urijah Faber	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 199	June 4, 2016	5	5:00	Inglewood, California, United States	Defended the UFC Bantamweight Championship.

Win	21–1	T.J. Dillashaw	Decision (split)	UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz	January 17, 2016	5	5:00	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	Won the UFC Bantamweight Championship. Fight of the Night.

Win	20–1	Takeya Mizugaki	KO (punches)	UFC 178	September 27, 2014	1	1:01	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Performance of the Night.

Win	19–1	Demetrious Johnson	Decision (unanimous)	UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson	October 1, 2011	5	5:00	Washington D.C., United States	Defended the UFC Bantamweight Championship. Later vacated due to recurring injuries.

Win	18–1	Urijah Faber	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 132	July 2, 2011	5	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Defended the UFC Bantamweight Championship. Fight of the Night.

Win	17–1	Scott Jorgensen	Decision (unanimous)	WEC 53	December 16, 2010	5	5:00	Glendale, Arizona, United States	Defended the WEC Bantamweight Championship, and won the UFC Bantamweight Championship.

Win	16–1	Joseph Benavidez	Decision (split)	WEC 50	August 18, 2010	5	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Defended the WEC Bantamweight Championship.

Win	15–1	Brian Bowles	TKO (doctor stoppage)	WEC 47	March 6, 2010	2	5:00	Columbus, Ohio, United States	Won the WEC Bantamweight Championship.

Win	14–1	Joseph Benavidez	Decision (unanimous)	WEC 42	August 9, 2009	3	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Fight of the Night.

Win	13–1	Iván López	Technical Decision (unanimous)	WEC 40	April 5, 2009	3	3:24	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Lopez was unable to continue after an unintentional knee on the ground by Cruz.

Win	12–1	Ian McCall	Decision (unanimous)	WEC 38	January 25, 2009	3	5:00	San Diego, California, United States

Win	11–1	Charlie Valencia	Decision (unanimous)	WEC 34	June 1, 2008	3	5:00	Sacramento, California, United States	Bantamweight debut.

Win	10–1	Kenneth Aimes	KO (punches)	Total Combat 27	March 22, 2008	1	N/A	Yuma, Arizona, United States

Loss	9–1	Urijah Faber	Submission (guillotine choke)	WEC 26	March 24, 2007	1	1:38	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	For the WEC Featherweight Championship.

Win	9–0	Shad Smith	Decision (unanimous)	Total Combat 18	November 4, 2006	3	5:00	San Diego, California, United States	Featherweight debut. Won the vacant Total Combat Featherweight Championship.

Win	8–0	Juan Miranda	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Total Combat 16	September 9, 2006	1	4:00	San Diego, California, United States	Won the vacant Total Combat Lightweight Championship.

Win	7–0	Dave Hisquierdo	Decision (split)	Total Combat 15	July 15, 2006	3	5:00	San Diego, California, United States

Win	6–0	Michael Barney	TKO (punches)	Rage in the Cage 79	February 24, 2006	1	2:45	Tucson, Arizona, United States

Win	5–0	Nick Hedrick	KO (punches)	Rage in the Cage 75	September 30, 2005	3	2:00	Glendale, Arizona, United States

Win	4–0	Josh Donahue	TKO (punches)	Rage in the Cage 74	September 10, 2005	2	1:09	Casa Grande, Arizona, United States

Win	3–0	Tom Schwager	TKO (punches)	Rage in the Cage 73	August 6, 2005	1	0:56	Glendale, Arizona, United States

Win	2–0	Rosco McClellan	TKO (punches)	Rage in the Cage 70	June 11, 2005	2	1:26	Glendale, Arizona, United States

Win	1–0	Eddie Castro	Decision (split)	Rage in the Cage 67	January 29, 2005	3	3:00	Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Sentence(s)

Cruz defeated Joseph Benavidez on August 9, 2009, at WEC 42 by unanimous decision.

final_sentence: Cruz defeated Joseph Benavidez on August 9, 2009, at WEC 42 by unanimous decision.