Well yeah. If you're not getting hit or are difficult to catch then by definition you're elusive. Cruz has done a little more than just move backwards anyways. Decent head movement and constant motion on the feet.
Man, I really thought the ring rust would completely wreck Cruz, along with the 2 knee injuries. I couldn't really tell if Cruz was back after that mauling of Mizugaki because it was only 1 minute long so we didn't really get to see how his cardio/footwork were gonna be.
Gotta be terrifying to take a leg kick when you're this tired and coming off of half a decade of knee injury layoffs. Cruz looked as good as he did when he was holding onto the title for three rounds though, I think he's got this decision.