10 Greatest Comebacks In UFC History

10. Dominick Cruz Vs. Takeya MizugakI - UFC 178

This comeback isn't quite the same as others on the list, but it's just as impressive. It starts out relatively heartbreaking as former bantamweight kingpin, Dominick Cruz, was preparing for a grudge match against rival The Ultimate Fighter: Live coach and arch-nemesis, Urijah Faber at UFC 148 in 2012. However, while in training camp for the fight, Cruz suffered a devastating knee injury that took him out of action for what should've been a year.

However, the surgery he underwent was unsuccessful, forcing Cruz to stay on the sidelines for another six to nine months. Another injury, this time to his groin, put him out for even longer, but The Dominator refused to give up. Three years after his last fight, a dominant title victory over soon-to-be flyweight great Demetrious Johnson, Cruz made his return to the Octagon at UFC 178 and showed everyone why he was once the best 135lber on the planet.

Facing bantamweight gatekeeper, Takeya Mizugaki, Cruz wasted very little time in showing his trademark footwork before taking Mizugaki down and using brutal ground and pound to end the fight. Usually Cruz is a methodical and calculated fighter, but after three years of nursing injury after injury, he unleashed all the pent-up anger and frustration on his opponent.