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Las Vegas - Scouting the second match on this Saturday's UFC card in Jacksonville, and looking at Henry (The Messenger) Cejudo vs. Dominick (The Dominator) Cruz. Cejudo is the favorite in this match at -$230 (bet $230 to win back $100), with Cruz the underdog at +$190 (bet $100 to win back $190).

Mrs. Ecks & Bacon actually read my article yesterday for the first time since Manny Pacquiao beat Keith Thurman back in 2019, just because I put in the Tale of the Tape. Why the Manny fight? Mrs. Ecks & is Filipina. So, here you go honey, more T of the T.

Cejudo is 33 years old from Los Angeles, California, tips the scale at a buck 35, is 5'4" and has a 64" reach. His MMA record is 15-2, with 7 wins coming by KO, 8 by decision. The Messenger is also a yellow belt in Shotokan Karate, but yellow ain't all that. Action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme holds a 2nd dan black belt in Shotokan which is pretty wicked, but my guy Wesley Snipes has a 5th dan black belt. So, basically, he can kill you with his ring finger, WITHOUT the ring!

Cruz is 35 years old from San Diego, California, also tips the scale at a buck 35, but is 5'8" and has a 69" reach. His MMA record is 22-2, with 8 wins coming by KO, 13 by decision and 1 by submission.

Cejudo's last fight was on June 8, 2019, a TKO of Marlon Moraes in the 3rd round. He has won five in row after losing twice back in 2016, to Joseph Benavidez (by decision) and suffered a TKO at the hands of Demetrious Johnson.

Dominick the Dominator heads to Jacksonville off a loss, but the most disturbing part is, it was back in 2016. Yea, he has not fought since TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN. Can you say RUST? Wha happened? Eck is here for you. Cruz faced Cody Garbrandt at UFC 207. Garbrandt won the bout by unanimous decision to become the new UFC Bantamweight Champ. This was The Dominator's first loss in almost 10 years. We dug a little deeper and found out that Cruz was dealing with plantar fascia tendinitis and that made it difficult for him to walk. Cruz was expected to face Jimmie Rivera on December 30, 2017, at UFC 219, however, he suffered a broken arm and he was forced to pull from the card. Cruz had a fight lined up with John Lineker on January 26, 2019 at UFC 233. Once again, Dominick suffered an injury, his shoulder, and pulled out of the fight.

Still doing my due diligence and will probably make all the selections in our Saturday column. But with no ring time in 3.5 years for Cruz, you probably know which way my cash is gonna flow.

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