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#2. Dominick Cruz - Former UFC bantamweight champion
Dominick Cruz is one of the greatest fighters in MMA history. Unfortunately, he is also one of the sport's most injury-prone mixed martial artists.
Between 2011 and 2014, an accumulation of injuries ranging from a torn ACL to a torn groin forced Cruz to relinquish his bantamweight championship. The three years he spent away from the sport saw T.J. Dillashaw establish himself as the undisputed bantamweight champion.
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While Cruz was slated to face Dillashaw for the title in his return fight in 2015, he suffered another torn ACL, delaying his return to 2016. When the two finally fought at UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz, 'The Dominator' showed no signs of being diminished by his many injuries, besting Dillashaw in a close fight to recapture the championship he had lost to injuries.
#1. Khabib Nurmagomedov - Former UFC lightweight champion
Former undefeated lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov was once the sport's most dominant force. But between April 2014 and March 2016, that dominance was absent from the MMA landscape.
At the time, Khabib had suffered a string of recurring knee and rib injuries that saw him pull out of fights against Donald Cerrone and Tony Ferguson.
The severity of his injury issues was so great that Khabib seriously considered retirement before ever fulfilling his destiny and capturing UFC gold. Yet, he persevered.
'The Eagle' returned to run through the division, claiming dominant wins over Darrell Horcher, Michael Jackson, and Edson Barboza en route to becoming the undisputed lightweight champion at UFC 223 after besting Al Iaquinta for the vacant lightweight title, leaving behind a legacy as arguably the greatest lightweight in MMA history.
