LAS VEGAS – After putting forth one of the best efforts of his career
for 25 hard-fought minutes, WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
No, not the boos from the crowd at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. That he expected.
Cruz couldn’t believe he was hearing in-cage announcer Bruce Buffer
reading Joseph Benavidez’s name as the winner on
judge Nelson “Doc” Hamilton’s scorecard.