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Report: Dominick Cruz battling injury, UFC 233 fight with John Lineker in danger

Dominick Cruz’s can’t catch a break. Following an initial Twitter report by MMA Brasil’s Tarso Doria, which claimed the former bantamweight champion could be out of his upcoming fight with John Lineker, sources close to MMAjunkie also informed the site that Cruz is, in fact, battling an undisclosed injury and the January bout could be in jeopardy.

#Breaking Dominick Cruz appears to be out of the fight against John Lineker with an injury. UFC is looking for Cody Garbrandt as replacement, sources tell me. More at @mmabrasil soon.