Regardless of his affinity for UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and his plight to return from a devastating knee injury, UFC president Dana White on Monday said that his company is about to institute a rigid deadline for how long a champion can be out of action before being stripped of the title. “We have thought about it, and we will do it,” White said during a media call. “We’re probably going to do that soon.” As much as White doesn’t want to strip Cruz of his belt, the 135-pound champ is the case study for why the UFC is poised to impose a deadline on a champion’s inactivity.
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UFC Poised to Set Rigid Deadline for Sidelined Champions to Return to Action – MMA Weekly