Some people have all the luck, but in Dominick Cruz’s case, it all seems to be bad.
The oft-inured fighter has not competed since losing his bantamweight title to Cody Garbrandt at UFC 207 in 2016. He was scheduled to face Jimmie Rivera last December in a de facto number-one contender bout but suffered a broken arm and was forced to pull out from the card. That injury developed into a more long-term problem when Cruz opted not to get surgery. When he finally had the surgery and was cleared to fight, Cruz had a fight set with John Lineker for the upcoming UFC 233 card but last week, Cruz was once again forced to withdraw from the fight due to injury.