Daron Cruickshank (20-10 MMA, 3-2 RFF) returns at RIZIN 11 on July 29 to take on Tom Santos (9-5 MMA, 0-0 RFF) in a lightweight match.
“The Detroit Superstar” returns to action after a devastating head-kick knockout of Shooto lightweight champion Koshi Matsumoto in May. Now, he draws Santos in a duel of devastating strikers; they have 19 knockouts between the two of them.
“I think he’s a decent fighter,” Cruickshank told MMASucka. “I don’t want to say anything bad about him, I’m not that type of guy.