Merab Dvalishvili sits head and shoulders above the rest of the UFC's bantamweights. The reigning 135-pound champion most recently made his first title defense, beating Umar Nurmagomedov.

Cruz’s second reign as champion ended in December 2016, as he lost a decision to Cody Garbrandt in a surprisingly one-sided ...

TJ Dillashaw believes Cody Garbrandt is the toughest matchup at bantamweight for champion Merab Dvalishvili. Garbrandt is a former UFC bantamweight champion but is unranked. However, his former rival ...

UFC Seattle in a few weeks was supposed to be the final fight for former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (24-4).

Former champion Dillashaw sees Dvalishvili ruling over the 135-pound division for a while. However, he did surprisingly pick former foe Cody Garbrandt (14-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) as potentially the ...

Former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion Dominick "The Dominator" Cruz is retiring due to injury, he announced Thursday in a ...

Dominick Cruz, among the greatest bantamweight fighters in MMA history, announced Thursday that he is retiring from the sport ...

when he beat TJ Dillashaw to regain the title. Cruz’s second reign as champion ended in December 2016, as he lost a decision to Cody Garbrandt in a surprisingly one-sided fight. That defeat ...

He reclaimed the UFC bantamweight championship in 2016 with a win over TJ Dillashaw, but lost it later that year with a loss to Cody Garbrandt. In his retirement post, Cruz thanked UFC as well as ...