One of the baddest pound-for-pound fighters on the planet will make his return to the Octagon at UFC 207 on Dec. 30 live on pay-per-view (PPV) from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., as current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight king Dominick Cruz puts his 135-pound title on the line opposite knockout artist Cody Garbrandt. It will surprisingly mark Cruz's third Octagon appearance of 2016 after a string of injuries kept him out of the action for the majority of the past five years.

This will not be the first time Cruz defends his title against a member of Team Alpha Male. In the above video courtesy of UFC, "The Dominator" can be seen ending his storied rivalry with Uriah Faber, Garbrandt's coach and mentor, at UFC 199 this past June. Cruz would go on to earn a lopsided unanimous decision win over "The California Kid" to lock down his second victory of the infamous trilogy. The two have since squashed their beef.

As for Cruz and Garbrandt, the beef remains thick and bloody ahead of their UFC 207 title fight. It will be a matchup of raw power vs. technique and timing.

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