Bantamweight
5 Rounds
🏆 Title Bout
Dominick Cruz won · U-DEC R5
UFC Event·Saturday, July 2, 2011·Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, USA
Style matchupDominick Cruz: WrestlervsUrijah Faber: Well-rounded
Well-rounded fighters typically have the tools to neutralize wrestlers if their TD defense is sharp.
Model Prediction: Dominick Cruz wins(57.3%)
Actual result: Dominick Cruz wins · Model version: ufc_v4_pure_xgboost_20260517_121258
Correct
Scouting Report
Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.
- Dominick Cruz has 25pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.
Tale of the Tape
Dominick Cruz
Red Corner
VS
Urijah Faber
Blue Corner
-185
(65%)
Vegas Odds
+170
(37%)
41
Age
47
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'8"
Height
5'6"
172.72 cm
Reach
170.18 cm
Recent Form
Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.
Dominick Cruz
oldest →latest
L
vs Cody Garbrandt · Dec 16L
KOvs Henry Cejudo · May 20W
vs Casey Kenney · Mar 21W
vs Pedro Munhoz · Dec 21L
KOvs Marlon Vera · Aug 22Urijah Faber
oldest →latest
L
vs Dominick Cruz · Jun 16L
vs Jimmie Rivera · Sep 16W
vs Brad Pickett · Dec 16W
KOvs Ricky Simon · Jul 19L
vs Peter Yan · Dec 19Output & Defense Comparison
Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.
Dominick CruzMetricUrijah Faber
3.91
Strikes / min
2.65
2.61
Strikes absorbed / min
2.59
70%
Strike defense
64%
2.82
TDs / 15 min
1.54
83%
Takedown defense
58%
0.10
Sub atts / 15 min
0.80
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+1.30Δ 1.24 — meaningful gap+0.06
Statistical Profile
Career averages and model features. Bigger shape = stronger across measured dimensions.
Dominick CruzUrijah Faber
Recent Elo Trajectory
Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).
Dominick Cruz(10 fights)Urijah Faber(10 fights)
Model Feature Differentials (Red − Blue)
RedElo RatingBlue
-16.016.0
RedForm ScoreBlue
-1.01.0
RedStriker ScoreBlue
+50.0-50.0
RedGrappler ScoreBlue
+50.0-50.0
Dominick Cruz
StanceOrthodox
Height68.0"
Reach68.0"
Fights10
Urijah Faber
StanceOrthodox
Height66.0"
Reach67.0"
Fights18