Dominic‘s fight IQ is incredible. He is an outlier amongst outliers. I would love to listen to a podcast with Dominic and John Danaher discussing fighting philosophy and techniques. Great video much appreciated. ✌️
If there's anything I've learned from training it's that most people ARE actually meatheads. It really shows when you meet a real intellectual on the mat who is also an athlete
Man I absolutely love Dominick Cruz, freaking amazing lesson. He should really coach younger fighters, like dedicated coach. Absolute legend, this was a delight to watch.
I agree, I didn't always love him, after hearing him on JRE, talking about accountability, directly after his loss to Cody. Wow, that was a great one, he is extremely well spoken. Big fan, huge respect.
He's already been coaching once he retires he'll probably do it with more commitment. From what I've learned is that he's taken less commentating jobs to commit to his training because he wants one more shot to the title.
@@737simviator I agree with you but that's the thing, this is basically what Dom does best, the lateral movement and making his opponents punch air. Practicing this "very basic" thing like a mad man is largely what made him who he is.
Bernardo's footwork is a sight to behold. Sometimes I forget how skillful fighter can make their beginner opponent look so bad. Props to Bernardo tho always learning, always improving
Yeah cruz has incredible fight iq. He's always exactly where you don't want him to be, he makes anyone look off balance. Ohh, I hadn't gotten to the boxing part...
Actually, as much as I love Bernardo, and as incredible he is as a BJJ player, it's very clear that he has a HUGE gap in his understanding of the stand-up game and in his ability to move in a standing situation. He looks clumsy because in that part of the game, he is a genuine beginner.
Dominic is the smartest fighter I've seen so far. I'm going to buy that instructional as soon as it shows up on the site. His way of slipping and then hitting tackles is amazing.
Or how will domic cruz fight middle weight to super heavy weight fighters? What this video mean is how an elite fighter fight non elite to non experienced fighter. Cause there are thounsands out there that will destroy dominic cruz in a fight who's bigger and stronger.
I’d love to see a TUF with Cruz vs Cormier (obviously the coaches won’t fight). Both are so different in character and movement but entertaining all the same.
this was so freaking amazing man just life lessons man, my ego got in the way when i was younger but i have learned and tyring to improve when you think you are better you truly aren't
If my son ever decided to compete amateur, professional mma….4 guys that I would take him to is Dominick Cruz, Demetrius Johnson, Henry cejudo and George st Pierre. Their knowledge is as pure as gold
1. I've met Mr.Cruz multiple times. I used to attend a BJJ class in the evenings at Alliance MMA Chula Vista, CA. He is a humble and respectful man, regardless of what others may say. 2. Let's see Mr. Cruz jiu-jitsu. Bernardo, did you guys roll at all?
Cruz has always had exceptional movement, great footwork, head movement some of the best around. He makes a fantastic coach, has a lot to teach the youth and even the experienced.
Dominick big inspiration on the reality of life and how to face life challenges. Love it! By the way Dominick , there have been people online saying great things about you , I wrote an article years ago about your way of looking at life’s adversity and moving forward. Keep it up man !
Man I love how Dominick Cruz fights even before the ufc days. I named my son after him ( who was born on spectrum and would watch all the old Dominick Cruz fights with me) he's literally had to prove him self against some of the bullies in his class. And, like Dominick Cruz my son had lived up to the name of the dominator.
I’m active duty military and a pro mma fighter I had a Benin tumor growing that was severing my tibia and fibula and during the surgery to remove it had complications where the doctor knicked my artery and had internal bleeding which led to me almost losing my leg and after that compartment syndrome, plantar fasciitis along with needing surgery on my other knee. They said I would never walk again I was losing both my careers and source of income along with a new baby girl on the way. I reached out to Dom on social media and he gave me amazing inspiration and advice fast forward 5 years in still competing signed to the XFC and commissioning as a officer. I still use the drills and advice he gave me to this day an always give credit when able to. He’s a pioneer and icon for many.
Cruz was the guy to beat for a decade. You couldnt just be better at striking, you had to adapt to his style. Cardio machine aswell. The 135 pound division wouldnt be the same without him. Probably the most influential fighter of modern mma.
Dominic Cruz is easily one of my favorite fighters. If not my number one favorite. Fight IQ is incredible and I’ve never seen anyone copy his foot work. The closest was TJ Dillashaw. Other than the freak fight he had against Cody Garbrandt he’s always made the his opponents frustrated with limited attack options. He once said he designed his fighting style around not taking damage. I don’t see any smarter strategy than that.
When Dominic Cruz was younger it looks like he was on TRT (arguably no TRT because of such devastating injuries). Maybe he was just in great shape because he was younger with more T. Either way even back then he was leagues ahead of many fighters of today. Other than the calf kick “meta” he pretty well invented the best style.
@@JRF1004 check him out when he was fighting pre-USADA. Physically he was a specimen. I’m not taking anything away from him. They all were doing it. Mostly. You can just simply Google a picture from when he was champ and see a huge difference. It’s not age either. It’s right after USADA. I’m not saying he didn’t put in the work and I’m not saying he’s not a genius when it comes to his style. Just calling it like I see it. Look at him when he was fighting Uriah Faber and that generation. His body composition back then was not even close to the way it is now. Or anything after you USADA. Having said that he still is one of my favorite fighters.
I've Been going on a rampage of nasty rants and comments on A LOT of ju jitsu pages about this specific video series of how to deal with bigger opponents and this is literally the only god dam video that shows a smaller guy executing proper techniques to deal with bigger guys. I swear EVERY GOD DAM VIDEO with this title has a guy like Bernardo(huge dude) demonstrate how to handle big guys on a 12 year old 90lb kid and it's so stupid. Thank you for doing a video That's actually showing the smaller guy demonstrating on a big guy
@@carpejkdiem Ever do any work on the sabbath day? Eat shellfish? Wear blended fabric? Wish you had something someone else had? Stolen anything in your life? (PS: there has never been reliable, valid evidence for any supernatural claim. Keep your proselytizing to yourself.)
Bad ass dude. This is hundreds of hours of practice, if not thousands to get to his level of fighting. He also know the key to life: " what can I give." El que no vive para servir, no sirve para vivir. This is also hundreds of hours of fighting wisdom compressed into a 15 min clip. Baaaad ass.
I’m so glad you guys put this video out! I’ve wanted to learn some aspect of striking just so I can understand what I’m looking at when I watch the UFC. This was a great video, Dominick did a really good job of explaining!👍
Dominick seems like he would be an excellent sparring partner/coach that you could relax and play video games with during a rest period. I hope he gets interviewed on Impact Theory someday.
What he is teaching is CENTERLINE technique. Study Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do if you are curious. The missing elements that he is not explaining are as follows: TEMPO, the ability to cultivate centerline movement specifically to orchestrate a 'feint storm' of constant centerline redirection as CRUZ demonstrates (hitting the truck on every turn, the turnj being the centerline. He is attacking the centerline, not the opponent. He is attacking the oppponents centerline, not the opponent, this allows him to predict and move in advance as you can see the centerline before it manifests as the physical outcome, your centerline is visible before you grab a glass of water. All physical movements are accomplished along the centerline, whether you know this or not, learn it if you dont. He is 2x champion for a reason. Bruce lee was Bruce lee for a reason. Success leaves clues.) TEMPO, the ability to interrupt a tempo. Tempo, you can have a beat to rap to, how does eminem rap to the beat compared to Dr dre? Compared to easy e? Compared to Snoop? Compared to Big L? Tupac? Juice? Jim Swim? 50? Yeezy? Luda? What about Cube? Kendrick? Mac Miller? What about Common? Diddy? Ice-T? DMX? Future? Method man? Drake? Literally any rapper you could think of. Literally think of any rapper. What makes any of them different? Basically you can think of TEMPO as a beat of centerline feints, twists and turns and centerline feints leading to tempo, you gain the ability to put your opponent on a tempo and ONCE you have the tempo, you can rap. You can interrupt/time/rap ANY beat with your own style and creativity. Thats one way of thinking of rappers and martial artists who whup everybodys ass. Thats at least the difference between successful martial artists and failed martial artists, successful rappers and failed rappers. You capitalize on that shit and push your own style with a finesse that pushes and evades all the twists and turns with a certain energy in reserve the entire time, thus leading to your own mastery over the entire situation. Think of a beat the same way, you navigate your own breathlessness and lack of thoughts with evasive personal style/creativity, right? Personal style and creativity, as bruce lee said EXPRESS YOURSELF HONESTLY. All of it comes from the understanding of the centerline of the energy which is coming at you bro, so think of a fresh beat coming at you fast and hard, and you see the centerline of that beat, you see the centerline of that opponent, and you redirect energy however you want to but for the honesty of how you truly feel. Centerline leads to honest self expression. Centerline is the greatest kept secret in not just the world of martial arts, but probably the world of everything in the universe. If you can interrupt the tempo, you can redirect the fight to resolve the energy, to change your opponents perception durign the middle of the fight. Did you notice your mind changing when I brought up the long list of rappers? Yeah. Centerline. Redirect. Honest self expression is the way to mastery of life and martial arts. See the centerline, only attack the centerline. Centerline is where ALL physical actions take place You get the boxing style HIGH LOW HIGH wrestling style HIGH LOW HIGH feints and basically LEVEL CHANGES. You go low to get the takedown, you feint high low high to create opnings and control the tempo, also to interrupt the tempo. Mike tyson is famous for his squats and going high, then quickly stepping off the centerline with low, then hitting the tempo on the way up.
His last fight with Pedro Muñoz was the closest I've seen him to his older self with how he was mixing it up, the speed, the footwork and all that. Even if he got dropped in the first he came back with some fire
@@jesseg94 yeah I watched it also. His speed and cardio back in the day was something serious. And the way he mixed it up with his wrestling was something beautiful to watch…
Basically hope you are faster, more skilled, and have better cardio. Most interesting point Dom brought up is how viable is blocking against a way bigger guy if they might be able to break those limbs with some full power strikes.
Recently there’s been a video gone viral on MMA Twitter with a little 13 yr old boy who was punched and bullied by 2 older kids 16-17 year olds. Hope he sees this and recovers from his fractured bones on his face and I believe it was broken orbital. Could be wrong but this will help many kids out there with bullies.
Dominick Cruz laying out the gameplan of how he would have fought Bisping 😂
Big facts lol. Shame we never got that one
"I've been thinking about this-" he's definitely been prepping for Mike
Cruz - “Just keep circling to the left so they can’t see you.”
Feria- “Haha, that’s great…. wait what?”
@@GarrettChance LOL
@@GarrettChance 😂😂😂😂
"If I say I'm better than them, what can I learn from them?" That's such a powerful quote. Dominick is one of the greatest minds in MMA history.
If I say I’m better than them, what can I learn from them?” - Sun Tzu
Dominic‘s fight IQ is incredible. He is an outlier amongst outliers. I would love to listen to a podcast with Dominic and John Danaher discussing fighting philosophy and techniques. Great video much appreciated. ✌️
That's not a bad idea
If there's anything I've learned from training it's that most people ARE actually meatheads. It really shows when you meet a real intellectual on the mat who is also an athlete
i will use what i learned in this video to beat smaller guys
I would pay to watch a podcast with Danaher and Dom
But what happen if he bodylocks you? What would you do? How'd you break the grip and escape?
Man I absolutely love Dominick Cruz, freaking amazing lesson. He should really coach younger fighters, like dedicated coach. Absolute legend, this was a delight to watch.
I agree, I didn't always love him, after hearing him on JRE, talking about accountability, directly after his loss to Cody. Wow, that was a great one, he is extremely well spoken. Big fan, huge respect.
He's already been coaching once he retires he'll probably do it with more commitment. From what I've learned is that he's taken less commentating jobs to commit to his training because he wants one more shot to the title.
@@737simviator I agree with you but that's the thing, this is basically what Dom does best, the lateral movement and making his opponents punch air. Practicing this "very basic" thing like a mad man is largely what made him who he is.
Maybe once hes done fighting himself. Hes still slanging and banging up all the young 135'ers
@@dibyo156 agreed, he ran with it, made it his own.
Two class acts right there! As an older, 54, blue belt, I appreciate this lesson. THANKS!!!!
This is no doubt, by far THE BEST tactic and instructions, how to fight bigger opponent I have ever seen.
Amazing, thank you both.
Bernardo's footwork is a sight to behold. Sometimes I forget how skillful fighter can make their beginner opponent look so bad. Props to Bernardo tho always learning, always improving
Yeah cruz has incredible fight iq. He's always exactly where you don't want him to be, he makes anyone look off balance. Ohh, I hadn't gotten to the boxing part...
Actually, as much as I love Bernardo, and as incredible he is as a BJJ player, it's very clear that he has a HUGE gap in his understanding of the stand-up game and in his ability to move in a standing situation. He looks clumsy because in that part of the game, he is a genuine beginner.
Bernardo himself said that he is really clumsy, I remember him saying "im probably the only bjj world champ that can't do a cartwheel"
These are the techniques that Dom was going to use against Michael Bisping when they had that argument at the bar
All he needs to do is pivot to the side of Bisping's missing eye
Or when Cormier called him out for a sit down 🪑
They're also techniques that he used anyways lol
“Now you chasing me, because you wanna kill me” I love his mentality
Dominic would be a legendary trainer when he gets old, so much knowledge
He already teaches bruv
With striking maybe
I don't wanna take the chances and try to gas out my opponent by letting him pound my face 💀
@@remyhavoc4463 😐
This is relevant for muay thai, bjj, mma and self defense... great lesson!
Dominic Cruz is one of the fighters that moved fighting forward, adding another layer for fighters to add to their arsenal. Brilliant!
Cruz really understands the complete game, regardless of size and weight.
This actually work wonders for me in sparing especiallyagainst the bigger guys. Guys just kept circling around. This guy is definitely a genius
Dominic is the smartest fighter I've seen so far. I'm going to buy that instructional as soon as it shows up on the site. His way of slipping and then hitting tackles is amazing.
How to fight an opponent that’s much larger…
Step one: Be Dominick Cruz.
or Saenchai
Or Pacquiao
Or how will domic cruz fight middle weight to super heavy weight fighters?
What this video mean is how an elite fighter fight non elite to non experienced fighter.
Cause there are thounsands out there that will destroy dominic cruz in a fight who's bigger and stronger.
@@leodesilva7638 yep
@@leodesilva7638 And they're are billions that would smash you.
Dominick is a fight genius.
I’d love to see him interview these guys after their fights in the octagon. He’s got the best takes on fights
Rogan is jelly
Wow, what a great video. Thanks coach Bernardo and MMA legend coach Dominick for sharing this.
I’d love to see a TUF with Cruz vs Cormier (obviously the coaches won’t fight). Both are so different in character and movement but entertaining all the same.
this was so freaking amazing man just life lessons man, my ego got in the way when i was younger but i have learned and tyring to improve when you think you are better you truly aren't
If my son ever decided to compete amateur, professional mma….4 guys that I would take him to is Dominick Cruz, Demetrius Johnson, Henry cejudo and George st Pierre. Their knowledge is as pure as gold
Brilliant! This isn't even scratching the surface of Dominick's genius fight IQ🔥🔥🔥
1. I've met Mr.Cruz multiple times. I used to attend a BJJ class in the evenings at Alliance MMA Chula Vista, CA. He is a humble and respectful man, regardless of what others may say.
2. Let's see Mr. Cruz jiu-jitsu. Bernardo, did you guys roll at all?
Hands down the best in the game at breaking down fights. Love his videos A+
yes, Yes! YASSS!! Been waiting for a Dominick Cruz VIDEO!! Take all my money!!
Cruz has one of the most interesting styles ever and he dominated at the highest level with it for a long time. What a legend
It is a great honor for me to watch Bernardo trying to imitate strikes.
Cruz has always had exceptional movement, great footwork, head movement some of the best around. He makes a fantastic coach, has a lot to teach the youth and even the experienced.
2 Legends under The Roof!!!! Ya Dominick, Ya Bernardo, Ya VMMA!!!!!!!
Dom is legitimately the smartest fighter in the UFC. When he retires, I'd love to see him coaching.
Man, Dominic Cruz as a teacher is great
Dominick big inspiration on the reality of life and how to face life challenges. Love it! By the way Dominick , there have been people online saying great things about you , I wrote an article years ago about your way of looking at life’s adversity and moving forward. Keep it up man !
' now youre chasing me, cause you want to kill me.'
the most dominick cruz quote ever.
Man I love how Dominick Cruz fights even before the ufc days. I named my son after him ( who was born on spectrum and would watch all the old Dominick Cruz fights with me) he's literally had to prove him self against some of the bullies in his class. And, like Dominick Cruz my son had lived up to the name of the dominator.
Cruz is a legend as well as the Sun Tzu of trash talk. Always a joy to watch.
Thank you for getting Dominick to show us some stuff!
I’m active duty military and a pro mma fighter I had a Benin tumor growing that was severing my tibia and fibula and during the surgery to remove it had complications where the doctor knicked my artery and had internal bleeding which led to me almost losing my leg and after that compartment syndrome, plantar fasciitis along with needing surgery on my other knee. They said I would never walk again I was losing both my careers and source of income along with a new baby girl on the way. I reached out to Dom on social media and he gave me amazing inspiration and advice fast forward 5 years in still competing signed to the XFC and commissioning as a officer. I still use the drills and advice he gave me to this day an always give credit when able to. He’s a pioneer and icon for many.
Dropping knowledge 💯 or as he's say he's "giving" us the knowledge 🙇🏽 a true sage and martial artist to the fullest extent. Bravo 👏🏽
Cruz was the guy to beat for a decade. You couldnt just be better at striking, you had to adapt to his style. Cardio machine aswell. The 135 pound division wouldnt be the same without him. Probably the most influential fighter of modern mma.
'if i say i'm better than you, what can i learn from you?'
fuckin dom is next level.
This is an expansion of the D’Amato switch. Very nice to know, even as a 6ft 1 medium sized guy.
Bernardo is a former Golden Gloves Champion.
Really? You’d never be Abe to tell from the way he was throwing those punches
Cruz is such a good teacher.
Dominic Cruz is easily one of my favorite fighters. If not my number one favorite. Fight IQ is incredible and I’ve never seen anyone copy his foot work. The closest was TJ Dillashaw. Other than the freak fight he had against Cody Garbrandt he’s always made the his opponents frustrated with limited attack options. He once said he designed his fighting style around not taking damage. I don’t see any smarter strategy than that.
When Dominic Cruz was younger it looks like he was on TRT (arguably no TRT because of such devastating injuries). Maybe he was just in great shape because he was younger with more T. Either way even back then he was leagues ahead of many fighters of today. Other than the calf kick “meta” he pretty well invented the best style.
Lol what? Dom has always looked like a regular guy in shape, gtfo of here
@@JRF1004 check him out when he was fighting pre-USADA. Physically he was a specimen. I’m not taking anything away from him. They all were doing it. Mostly. You can just simply Google a picture from when he was champ and see a huge difference. It’s not age either. It’s right after USADA. I’m not saying he didn’t put in the work and I’m not saying he’s not a genius when it comes to his style. Just calling it like I see it. Look at him when he was fighting Uriah Faber and that generation. His body composition back then was not even close to the way it is now. Or anything after you USADA. Having said that he still is one of my favorite fighters.
This was an absolute masterclass 🥀
Thanks very much to both Bernardo and Dominic for freely sharing these insights.
I've Been going on a rampage of nasty rants and comments on A LOT of ju jitsu pages about this specific video series of how to deal with bigger opponents and this is literally the only god dam video that shows a smaller guy executing proper techniques to deal with bigger guys. I swear EVERY GOD DAM VIDEO with this title has a guy like Bernardo(huge dude) demonstrate how to handle big guys on a 12 year old 90lb kid and it's so stupid. Thank you for doing a video That's actually showing the smaller guy demonstrating on a big guy
Repent ! I understand your passion but don't let it lead you to blasphemy. Its not worth the prize you'll pay on judgement day.
How do I defend myself against a large clydesdale trying to buck me with it's back legs? Huge size difference
@@carpejkdiem Ever do any work on the sabbath day? Eat shellfish? Wear blended fabric? Wish you had something someone else had? Stolen anything in your life? (PS: there has never been reliable, valid evidence for any supernatural claim. Keep your proselytizing to yourself.)
I'm stuck on the sidelines, watching my friends train bjj and mma. Sucks, but I have Ryan Hall's DVD's, and this video. Lol! Thank you!
Awesome video! I love how Dom explains and simplifies things.
Bernardo please film colby covingtons mma wrestling. Many people will buy it.
Him and makachev, best grapplers in mma
@@garretttringale436 along with gsp and jon jones
Bad ass dude. This is hundreds of hours of practice, if not thousands to get to his level of fighting. He also know the key to life: " what can I give." El que no vive para servir, no sirve para vivir. This is also hundreds of hours of fighting wisdom compressed into a 15 min clip. Baaaad ass.
I’m so glad you guys put this video out! I’ve wanted to learn some aspect of striking just so I can understand what I’m looking at when I watch the UFC. This was a great video, Dominick did a really good job of explaining!👍
Incredible work gentlemen. Usssss keep up the honest hustle my friend...
Such a cerebral fighter. Awesome instructional. 👍👍
He is a genius
I love your videos!!! Thank you so much for bringing Cruz.
He’s a beast of knowledge
9:30 to 10:30 is what makes Dom a sage and a champion
Thank sooo much for this 16 Min Master class. Real MA Masters. OOOOSSSS🥋🥊
Dominick seems like he would be an excellent sparring partner/coach that you could relax and play video games with during a rest period. I hope he gets interviewed on Impact Theory someday.
Hard to find a more legit guy than Dom.
Proof that Bisping would've never stood a chance
What he is teaching is CENTERLINE technique. Study Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do if you are curious. The missing elements that he is not explaining are as follows:
TEMPO, the ability to cultivate centerline movement specifically to orchestrate a 'feint storm' of constant centerline redirection as CRUZ demonstrates (hitting the truck on every turn, the turnj being the centerline. He is attacking the centerline, not the opponent. He is attacking the oppponents centerline, not the opponent, this allows him to predict and move in advance as you can see the centerline before it manifests as the physical outcome, your centerline is visible before you grab a glass of water. All physical movements are accomplished along the centerline, whether you know this or not, learn it if you dont. He is 2x champion for a reason. Bruce lee was Bruce lee for a reason. Success leaves clues.)
TEMPO, the ability to interrupt a tempo. Tempo, you can have a beat to rap to, how does eminem rap to the beat compared to Dr dre? Compared to easy e? Compared to Snoop? Compared to Big L? Tupac? Juice? Jim Swim? 50? Yeezy? Luda? What about Cube? Kendrick? Mac Miller? What about Common? Diddy? Ice-T? DMX? Future? Method man? Drake? Literally any rapper you could think of. Literally think of any rapper. What makes any of them different? Basically you can think of TEMPO as a beat of centerline feints, twists and turns and centerline feints leading to tempo, you gain the ability to put your opponent on a tempo and ONCE you have the tempo, you can rap. You can interrupt/time/rap ANY beat with your own style and creativity. Thats one way of thinking of rappers and martial artists who whup everybodys ass. Thats at least the difference between successful martial artists and failed martial artists, successful rappers and failed rappers. You capitalize on that shit and push your own style with a finesse that pushes and evades all the twists and turns with a certain energy in reserve the entire time, thus leading to your own mastery over the entire situation. Think of a beat the same way, you navigate your own breathlessness and lack of thoughts with evasive personal style/creativity, right? Personal style and creativity, as bruce lee said EXPRESS YOURSELF HONESTLY.
All of it comes from the understanding of the centerline of the energy which is coming at you bro, so think of a fresh beat coming at you fast and hard, and you see the centerline of that beat, you see the centerline of that opponent, and you redirect energy however you want to but for the honesty of how you truly feel.
Centerline leads to honest self expression. Centerline is the greatest kept secret in not just the world of martial arts, but probably the world of everything in the universe.
If you can interrupt the tempo, you can redirect the fight to resolve the energy, to change your opponents perception durign the middle of the fight. Did you notice your mind changing when I brought up the long list of rappers? Yeah. Centerline. Redirect. Honest self expression is the way to mastery of life and martial arts.
See the centerline, only attack the centerline. Centerline is where ALL physical actions take place
You get the boxing style HIGH LOW HIGH wrestling style HIGH LOW HIGH feints and basically LEVEL CHANGES. You go low to get the takedown, you feint high low high to create opnings and control the tempo, also to interrupt the tempo. Mike tyson is famous for his squats and going high, then quickly stepping off the centerline with low, then hitting the tempo on the way up.
Beautiful comment.
@@blackhoodie4170 if you are capable of reading the whole thing, you are a winner in my eyes. Legitimately! Many thanks
Man I miss Cruz before all his injuries…definitely was one of my favorite fighters!
His last fight with Pedro Muñoz was the closest I've seen him to his older self with how he was mixing it up, the speed, the footwork and all that. Even if he got dropped in the first he came back with some fire
@@jesseg94 yeah I watched it also. His speed and cardio back in the day was something serious. And the way he mixed it up with his wrestling was something beautiful to watch…
@@TheRealEricRose yeah extremely smooth how he combined it back in WEC and early UFC
His style is amazing. It’s core is based off of River Dancing. 🕺🏻
I loved the mustang civic explanation
Always love listening to Dom's analytical reads
Dominick Cruz is the man!!
Hugh Joanna for me
*Edit* essentially Dominick is doing the D'Amato shift in MMA. Beautiful, thank you coach
one of the best minds in the game...ever
CRuz is an inspiration.also brave enough to go his own way
Basically hope you are faster, more skilled, and have better cardio.
Most interesting point Dom brought up is how viable is blocking against a way bigger guy if they might be able to break those limbs with some full power strikes.
Dominic seems like a stupendous coach.
The GOAT at 135 👊🏼
The most unique fighter in MMA love him
The elbow control reminds me of wrestling and finding the angles the same way
very good thricks domineck Cruz.thank you.
Dom got so happy when he said he was the smartest fighter 😂
Now I smash everyone 🤛 thank you dom 💥
Cruz one of my fav.
Great video ! Thanks much !
Dominic Cruz legend
Dominick Cruz has the most interesting style of all the UFC fighters
As a Honda enthusiast
I approve this message.
His fight IQ is off the charts
My favourite fighter ever.
Very smart ideas about fighting .... Awsome
Recently there’s been a video gone viral on MMA Twitter with a little 13 yr old boy who was punched and bullied by 2 older kids 16-17 year olds. Hope he sees this and recovers from his fractured bones on his face and I believe it was broken orbital. Could be wrong but this will help many kids out there with bullies.
that's not a fighting problem: that's a mindset problem. he shouldn't have been in a situation that dangerous.
@@decespugliatorenucleare3780 people don’t choose to get bullied. Have you seen the video by chance?
"...and then I'll eat 20 of your punches in order to tire you out"
Superb fight IQ. Dominic is a beast.
Run!!!!!
How can you not love Dominic Cruz?
Such a smart and good guy
Very insightful. Thank you
I sat and watched Dom record these videos while my son was upstairs rolling haha #GrapplerDad
Cruz is a beast. Really interesting to see his strategies explained by him. Uge honour for me to watch 😜👌
Free lessons from the master.
Bernardo give Dominic his credit!
This is good stuff.