Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 9, 2020, in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Henry “The Messenger” Cejudo will take on Dominick “The Dominator” Cruz in the UFC Bantamweight Title Bout. You can view the full UFC 249 card.

In this post, we will break down Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 37-year-old, Henry Cejudo is coming in with a 15-2-0 record. Cejudo will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Marlon Moraes at UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes in June.

Cruz, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision loss against Cody Garbrandt on June 8, 2019 at UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey and holds a 22-2-0 record.

Henry Cejudo has an orthodox fighting stance with a 64″ reach. The 39-year-old, Dominick Cruz is an orthodox fighter with a 68″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Cejudo comes in with 44% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 3.82 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Cruz fires at 31% accuracy, landing about 3.53 significant strikes per minute. Henry Cejudo also has a 35% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 2.16 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Cruz’s 3.17 takedowns and 83% takedown accuracy.

Dominick spent on average 17:35 minutes in the Octagon and Henry has an average fight time of 12:36 minutes.

This looks like an exciting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 249 is live in , who do you think will win, Henry or Dominick? Sound off in the comments.

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