On April 3 at Art of Fighting 7, Marcio “Pe de Pano” Cruz made his first successful title defense against heavy handed striker Dave “Pay Me” Yost. Cruz was able to trip Yost and use his superior ground game to finish the fight in the first round. Cruz is now undefeated in his last 5 fights and hasn’t lost since a controversial 2006 loss to Andrei Arlovski