It was a nice read, and that’s how it goes. Just add a little bit more for a longer pace. So I focus on me, and fundamentals is something I can add. I can’t control the uncontrollables, and the uncontrollables are the other person. When you look at the analysis, all you can do is make your own adjustments and control the controllables. “I hit him, and I was winning for three rounds, and I could have dropped him any of those times, he could have dropped me any of those times. Yet he believes his skills are still relevant, and if anything, he only needs to add more fundamentals to his game to keep up with the field. At 37, the San Diego native has been at the top level of MMA in multiple promotions and occupied a short list of veterans to recapture a lost belt.Ĭruz marvels at the technical advances over his time in MMA and the threats young fighters face, among them the ambidextrous striking skills Vera used to catch him from a southpaw stance after struggling with his characteristically elusive movement. Get my body strong, and just train and love training.”Ĭruz’s loss snapped a two-fight winning streak built following his loss of the bantamweight title and failure to re-take it after a nearly four-year layoff due to injury. So, just take my team, fix the fundamentals and take it a day at a time. I don’t really look at my last fight and go, ‘Ah, you’re not really at the level, these guys are just outclassing you.’ It wasn’t really that. You can just keep going, but there’s a point where you’re just going to stack up too many losses, because you’re not there any more. I think a lot of people who retire, they didn’t lose, because they retired. “You either retire, or you lose, and those are your choices. We’ve just got to tighten up some defense. I go, alright, speed’s still there, power’s still there, all this stuff’s still there. I don’t look at myself after that loss and go, ‘I’m not there any more.’ I do the opposite. I’m running again, I’ve been lifting, getting the body strong. “Right now, it’s been a month-and-a-half. “I’m here, yeah - what do you mean?” Cruz said when asked about his future. The former UFC bantamweight champion appeared on Wednesday’s The MMA Hour and shot down the idea of retirement despite a brutal knockout in his previous fight, a UFC San Diego headliner against Marlon Vera that ended with a kick to his head. Dominick Cruz is not hanging up his gloves any time soon.
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