{"id":102681,"date":"2014-06-25T18:47:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T01:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=102681"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:59:45","slug":"cruz-ready-wants-mizugaki-fight-in-ufc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cruz-ready-wants-mizugaki-fight-in-ufc-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Ready, Wants Mizugaki Fight In UFC Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/photo-bj-penn-brings-in-dominick-cruz-in-prep-for-edgar-bout\/bj-cruz\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-99843\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99843\" title=\"BJ Cruz\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BJ-Cruz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BJ-Cruz.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BJ-Cruz-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BJ-Cruz-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The injury prone, former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz <em>(pictured right)<\/em> is ready to return to action.<\/p>\n<p>After two-years of inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;UFC Tonight&#8217; on FOX Sports 1 broke the news, stating that Cruz&#8217;s camp wants a fight against Takeya Mizugaki, and believe that a win over the top 10 fighter will put Dominick right back in the title picture.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz was forced to rescind his UFC title after he failed to make his latest title fight due to injury. 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