Dana Dana White glad former UFC champ Dominick Cruz retired

UFC CEO Dana White absolutely helps Dominick Cruz’s resolution to retire from MMA.

Former UFC and WEC champion Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) was scheduled to compete in his closing combat on Feb. 22 in opposition to Rob Font, however sustained one other severe shoulder damage that pressured him to tug the plug on his profession before deliberate.

It’s a sadly poetic finish for Cruz, who, regardless of his many accomplishments, had his potential profession successes diminished by an infinite string of layoff and well being points. Nonetheless, he’s more likely to discover himself within the UFC Corridor of Fame someday, and White thinks it was the best name to cease pushing.

“I’m blown away that he hung in there so long as he did,” White informed reporters at Saturday’s UFC 312 post-event information convention. “Who’s been extra injured than this man in his profession? It’s fascinating. And the psychological drive to simply need to maintain coming again and attempting time and again and once more after so many surgical procedures and so many accidents, you’ve obtained to provide it to him. However I’m glad that he lastly hung it up.”

Set to show 40 on March 9, retirement was the inevitable conclusion for Cruz. He didn’t get the send-off combat he needed, however already has a post-career infrastructure in place along with his place as a UFC commentator, analyst and coach on the UFC Efficiency Institute in Mexico.

“When you will have the kind of expertise and sort of profession he’s had, and you’ll sit within the sales space and speak fights, it’s superior,” White mentioned. “He’ll have an ideal profession after his profession.”