The UFC’s 2022 Fight Night cards haven’t exactly had the most curbside appeal. A promotion built on the reputation that every event would offer a stacked billing from top to bottom has looked a lot more like the sort of boxing cards Dana White so often derided in the past—especially during an increasingly content-driven ESPN era.
At the very least, however, it appears that fight fans will be getting a top-quality main event come this August, when former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz steps into the cage against top-ranked action-fighter Chito Vera. That’s according to a report from ESPN Deportes, which says that both parties have verbally agreed to the matchup.