Dominick Cruz Turns Up To Open Workouts On Crutches

Dominick Cruz on crutches? Say it ain’t so…

UFC Fight Night 81 is just days away,  and the fighters are ready to go to war. However, they will have to wait. Fighters from the card took to the mats and started hitting pads in front of die-hard fans as well as media members.

The event takes place Sunday, January 17th, 2016, at TD Garden in Boston and will be shown on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

The event will be headlined by T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title while Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis will serve as the co-main event. Travis Browne vs. Matt Mitrione in a heavyweight bout will also be featured on the main card. The prelims start at 6 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass, and the main card will start at 10 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.

Dominick Cruz decided to surprise the fans by acting like he was hurt as he walked into the gym on crutches, but then rolled forward and showed everyone that he was fine.

Check out the workouts:

This card has a lot of changes due to injuries. Here is the final card for the event:

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET)

T.J. Dillashaw (13-2) vs. Dominick Cruz (20-1)

Anthony Pettis (18-3) vs. Eddie Alvarez (26-4)

Travis Browne (17-3-1) vs. Matt Mitrione (9-4)

Francisco Trinaldo (18-4) vs. Ross Pearson (20-9, 1NC)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

Patrick Cote vs. Ben Saunders

Mehdi Baghdad vs. Chris Wade

Tim Boetsch vs. Ed Herman

Maximo Blanco vs. Luke Sanders

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)

Daron Cruickshank vs. Paul Felder

Ilir Latifi vs. Sean O’Connell

Kyle Bochniak vs. Charles Rosa

Rob Font vs. Joey Gomez

Francimar Barroso vs. Elvis Mutapcic