“Never Been The Same Since” – Dana White Thinks Henry Cejudo Ruined Marlon Moraes
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Henry Cejudo is one of the greatest combat sports athletes of all time. The man is a former Olympic gold medalist, and a former two-division UFC champion. He won the UFC flyweight belt by beating Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227. Later on, he moved up a division and won the vacant UFC bantamweight title against Marlon Moraes.
In the fight against ‘Magic,’ Cejudo was dominated in the first round, with Moraes landing some heavy strikes. However, ‘Triple C’ made adjustments in between rounds, and ultimately won the fight via TKO in the third round. With the win, he became the fourth fighter to hold championships simultaneously in two weight divisions in UFC.
UFC President Dana White, in a recent interview, talked about Henry Cejudo. White said, “There’s no doubt Cejudo is a very talented guy man. If you look at what he accomplished here, it’s incredible. Right up till he retired, he looked unbelievable.”
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“In that Moraes fight, Moraes came out and put a beating on him in that first round. He went back to the corner, made the adjustments he needed to make, came back out, and broke him. Broke Marlon Moraes. Never been the same since. Not only did he break him, I think he ruined him,” he added.
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Henry Cejudo – MMA career and coaching
Cejudo is undoubtedly is one of the most accomplished combat sports athletes of all time. Before announcing his retirement in 2020, after defeating Dominick Cruz, he became a two-division UFC champion. ‘The Messenger’ beat some of the biggest names in mixed martial arts and etched his name in MMA history.
In his retirement, he recently started training with former UFC champions, Zhang Weili and Deiveson Figueiredo. He is helping them prepare for their next title fights. Both fighters moved their camps to the U.S. in order to train with ‘The Messenger.’
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Cejudo is also looking to make a comeback to the UFC. He has been calling out the current UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and wants to fight him. Kevin Iole recently talked to manager Ali Abdelaziz, who said Cejudo is going to come back to fight at featherweight.
It will be interesting to see if the UFC makes that matchup between Cejudo and Volkanovski or not.
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