Dominick Cruz was successful in defending his bantamweight for the third consecutive time at UFC 132, defeating Urijah Faber by unanimous decision.
Throughout the fight, Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan talked about how hard it is to train for Dominick Cruz because of his unusual striking.
Their assessment proved to be true, as Urijah looked relatively lost striking with Dominick and was outclassed for much of the fight.
This gives Dominick a huge advantage over the rest of his weight class because he can bring in people to mimic his opponents styles, but his opponents can’t because no one fights quite like he does.
Let’s take a look at Dominick and some other UFC fighters who are very difficult to train for…