Even with all Dominick Cruz accomplished, history figures to remember him for all that might have been.
The former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder announced his retirement from mixed martial arts in February, closing the book on an a wildly successful but injury-plagued career filled with exhilarating in-competition highs and maddening out-of-competition lows. Cruz—undoubtedly on the short list of greatest bantamweights of all-time¬—finishes with a 24-4 record, his run highlighted by victories over Urijah Faber (twice), Joseph Benavidez (twice), T.J. Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson.