![]() ![]() So if people wanna stand up for anything, stand up for that. “None of us fighters get paid any different whether we’re on the main card or the prelims. ![]() “To not be on the main card, I don’t get paid more,” Cruz said. Nine of Cruz’s past 10 fights dating back to his WEC tenure have been championship fights, but Cruz insists the drastic drop in his placement on the card doesn’t affect him at all. In his most recent outing at UFC 249 in May, Cruz was stopped by then champion Henry Cejudo, dropping two consecutive fights for the first time in his career. That’s usually the fight that people wanna see almost every time they put these fights together. It’s kind of like the lead-off hitter of a baseball team. I’m right before the main card so everybody is watching that one because it’s the end of the prelims. “More people tune into that then they will the main card. It doesn’t affect me to be seen more, and I will. I know the things that I’ve accomplished. I’m not really attached to my ego at this point. At the same time, being on the prelims, that’s an ego thing. Like I said, I’ve had a pretty decent layoff, so let’s get me in front of a lot of eyes is what I’m thinking. “That’s probably the most seen position on the entire fight card,” Cruz told ESPN. In fact, Cruz (22-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) sees perks of being the featured prelim, which he considers a coveted spot on the card. So the bantamweight legend doesn’t see the prelims as a negative thing at all. When Cruz returned from an almost three-year layoff to face Takeya Mizugaki at UFC 178 in 2014, he was the featured prelim of the card and fully capitalized on that spot by running right through Mizugaki in the first round. This won’t mark the first time Cruz competes on the prelims in his UFC career. Dominick Cruz’s placement on the UFC 259 undercard raised a lot of eyebrows, but it’s of no concern to him.Ĭruz, the former two-time bantamweight champion, faces Casey Kenney in the featured prelim of UFC 259 on March 6 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. ![]()
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