UFC 132 Results: Dominick Cruz Defeats Urijah Faber
UFC 132 takes place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event features the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only fighter to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber.
The two fighters have admitted that they do not like each other in the least and a win will surely give one of them ammunition to continue the battle they have waged since first meeting in 2007, a fight that Faber won via first round submission.
Cruz opened things up by connecting with two punches. Faber then worked a takedown that was defended ably by Cruz.
Cruz landed some heavy leg kicks much like Jose Aldo did when he defeated Faber.
The second round began with Cruz again coming out fast and with his hands low, confident that his speed could negate anything that Faber could bring.
WIth 30 seconds left in the round Cruz scored a brief takedown. WIth ten seconds left in the round Cruz scored with a nice combination.
As the third round began it looked as if Faber was struggling to deal with the awkward style of Cruz.
With 2:10 left in the round Faber took Cruz down, but Cruz reversed and Faber was able to get back to his feet quickly.
Cruz opened the fourth coming right out and landing a strike to Faber. Faber dropped Cruz with a big right, but he was able to get right back to his feet.
Cruz started to slow his pace as the round progressed.
AS the final round started Cruz came out with a flying knee. Cruz then went into the clinch forcing Faber to hold his weight against the cage.
Cruz landed a few short takedowns, but he was unable to secure any for a prolonged period of time.
The fight goes to the cards:50-45, 49-46, 48-47 to Cruz
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