To say that Dominick Cruz went through some adversity as a fighter is an understatement. I personally can’t think of anyone else in combat sports who tore both ACLs, sat out three years, won back a world title, sat out another four years due to a string of new injuries, then came back and continued to compete at the top-ten level in his late 30s.
“The Dominator” indeed knows a thing or two about bouncing back from such deep difficulties. Understandably, he sees things differently, than, say Khabib Nurmagomedov, who always had his hand raised after every single fight.