UFC CEO Dana White fully supports Dominick Cruz ’s decision to retire from MMA. Former UFC and WEC champion Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) was scheduled to compete in his final fight on Feb. 22 against Rob Font, but sustained another serious shoulder injury that forced him to pull the plug on his career sooner than planned.

Former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion Dominick "The Dominator" Cruz is retiring due to injury, he announced Thursday in a post to X.

The former UFC men's bantamweight champion announced his retirement from MMA competition in a social-media post on Thursday. According to Cruz, the same injuries that had forced him out of what was to be his final professional fight at a UFC Fight Night event in Seattle later this month had also pushed him to hang up the gloves for good.

Dominick Cruz is calling it a career. After an injury forced him out of UFC Fight Night 252, Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) announced his retirement Thursday in a lengthy, heartfelt post on social media.

Two-time UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has retired from mixed martial arts at age 39 after a training injury forced him out of his planned retirement fight.

Dominick Cruz, among the greatest bantamweight fighters in MMA history, announced Thursday that he is retiring from the sport after his latest injury.

Dominick Cruz has announced his retirement as a mixed martial artist, ending a career worthy of a place in the UFC Hall of Fame. Cruz, widely considered the greatest bantamweight in MMA history, was due to fight Rob Font on 22 February,

Former two-time bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz expected to fight one more time and had booked his retirement fight. Cruz was slated to face Rob Font on Feb. 22 at UFC Fight Night 252 but was forced out of the bout due to a shoulder injury.