Filed under: News , UFC , Videos When Dominick Cruz faces Cody Garbrandt at UFC 207, he will be defending not only the UFC’s bantamweight belt but also an almost decade-long unbeaten streak. Cruz, in fact, has only lost once in his entire pro career and, ranked No.3 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA pound-for-pound rankings , has pretty much secured his spot among MMA’s all-time greats. But his victorious trajectory could have turned out a lot different hadn’t it been for a cancelled event back in 2006. Two weeks away from a 155-pound title fight for a small Colorado organization, Cruz – then training with Drew Fickett in Tucson, Ariz. – heard not only his fight, but the entire card had been scrapped. The news stung considering that, balancing three jobs and school at the time, Cruz could really have used that money. That’s when he got an offer
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