Xtreme Couture coach Erick Nicksick accurately predicted Marlon Vera’s head kick knockout of Dominick Cruz moments before ‘Chito’ landed the KO in round four.
Nicksick watched the fight from home and noticed that Cruz, the former WEC and UFC bantamweight champion, tended to dip his head to the right with his hands down, leaving himself open for the counter.
The 2022 Coach of the Year nominee Tweeted that a left high kick from Vera would stop Cruz dead in his tracks, and lo and behold, Vera delivered.
The Ecuadorian fighter caught Cruz with a perfectly-timed head kick that sent ‘The Dominator’ crashing face-first into the canvas to mark his second knockout in four fights.