UFC 178 marks nearly three years since Dominick Cruz last stepped into the octagon. It represents one of the longest injury layoffs in company history. One of the draws of professional fighting is that anything can happen at any time, but that rings true both in and out of the cage. Some fighters last an entire career without suffering a major injury. Others can’t go a training camp or a fight without getting badly dinged up
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Dominick Cruz and some of UFC history’s other extended layoffs – MMA Junkie