BOSTON – When it comes to Sunday’s UFC bantamweight title fight, “the suspense is terrible … I hope it’ll last.”

That’s a quote from the 1971 classic “Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory,” and one that Dominick Cruz no doubt knows well. As a fan of the movie, the oft-injured former bantamweight champ riffed on Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka character when he got to today’s UFC Fight Night 81 workouts in Boston, poking a little fun at the frequent injuries that have let him fight just once since October 2011.

But when it comes to Sunday’s fight, Cruz (20-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is no doubt very serious about what he hopes to accomplish against current titleholder T.J. Dillashaw (12-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) at TD Garden in Boston. Their fight on the main card airs on FOX Sports 1 following prelims on that channel and UFC Fight Pass.

On Friday, those two worked out for the fans and media at Boston’s UFC Gym. Joining them were co-main event fighters Eddie Alvarez (26-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC), a former Bellator lightweight champion, and Anthony Pettis (18-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC), a former UFC champ, as well as Boston-based fighters Charles Rosa (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) and Rob Font (11-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC).

Check out highlights from the workout sessions in the video above.

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