Dominick Cruz is calling it a career. After an injury forced him out of his UFC Fight Night 252 retirement fight, 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.

Cruz, arguably the greatest bantamweight in UFC history, was set to return to the cage for the first time since a knockout loss to Marlon Vera in Aug. 2022. Before the loss to Vera, Cruz won back-to-back fights in 2021 over Pedro Munhoz and Casey Kenney.

Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz announced his retirement from mixed martial arts Thursday after dropping out of his upcoming bout against Rob Font due to injury."To the fans worldwide,

Former UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz was set for a fight, but multiple shoulder injuries led him to hang up the gloves instead.

Now that the former UFC champ has retired, should we remember Dominick Cruz as one of the UFC's greatest what-ifs, or an epically stubborn warrior who refused to stay down?

UFC legend Dominick Cruz knew it was time to call it quits when it became impossible to deal with a persistent shoulder injury.