Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has agreed to fight for the first time since 2022.
Verbal agreements are in place for Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) to face Rob Font (21-8 MMA, 11-7 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 252 co-main event Feb. 22 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
A person with knowledge of the situation informed MMA Junkie that both parties have agreed following a report by ESPN that cited UFC CBO Hunter Campbell.
Cruz, 39, most recently competed in a knockout loss to Marlon Vera in August 2022. The defeat snapped a two-fight winning streak that was comprised of decision wins over Casey Kenney and Pedro Munhoz.
Font, 37, snapped a two-fight losing skid in October when he defeated Kyler Phillips by unanimous decision. The bout was Font’s first training at Tristar in Montreal. Font is 2-4 in his most recent six, though the losses have only come to top contenders.
With the addition, the UFC Fight Night 252 lineup includes:
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Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong
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Dominick Cruz vs. Rob Font
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Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira
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Edson Barboza vs. Steve Garcia
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Michael Chiesa vs. TBA
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Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez
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Ibo Aslan vs. Ion Cutelaba
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Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev
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Islam Dulatov vs. Adam Fugitt
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Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. Jean Silva
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Modestas Bukauskas vs. Raffael Cerqueira
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Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 252.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Dominick Cruz returns from two-year layoff at UFC Seattle vs. Rob Font
