Henry Cejudo is not retiring anytime soon. The former two-division champion confirmed in a recent video on his YouTube channel that he doesn’t plan on retiring. Playing a scene from the movie The Wolf of Wall Street, Cejudo announced, “The show goes on, I am not f***ng leaving.”
Cejudo’s announcement has received mixed reactions from fans. Many believe Cejudo is way past his prime and even reminded Triple C about Tony Ferguson’s decline.
Triple C @HenryCejudo is not f***ing leaving 😤 pic.twitter.com/Kqdd7MZjgf
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) February 23, 2024
Merab Dvalishvili dominated the former champion and beat him convincingly in a fight filled with showboating and some serious grappling. Cejudo looked out of character and tired in the three-round fight. He was slow on the feet and even got dominated on the ground.
Sean O’Malley had earlier revealed that he heard rumours that Cejudo had an injury going into the fight; now Triple C has confirmed the same and spoken in detail about his fight camp for the Merab Dvalishvili fight at UFC 298.
Henry Cejudo was injured heading into the Merab Dvalishvili fight
Cejudo got taken down five times throughout the course of the fight. For many, Dvalishvili “humiliated” Henry Cejudo as he dominated the former Olympic champion on the ground. Triple C says the lack of sparring during training camp and being unable to wrestle half the camp had much to do with his disappointing performance.
“I was 100% going into that fight where I wasn’t 100% in on was in the middle of my fight where I wasn’t able to use wrestling stuff. The same reason why I got winded round one, I’m sorry, round two and three,” Cejudo said.
Cejudo says he had back problems, and the growing back pains did not allow him to train properly for the fight. Lack of conditioning meant Cejudo felt too tired too early, and that’s what happened in the fight.
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“If you sign on the dotted line that means you fight whether you’re healthy, you’re not healthy. Did I feel, did I feel, was my growing back by the time fight time did, yeah, did no sparring half the camp really kind of take a toll on the fatigue, which allowed my opponent to pretty much take the win out of me. Yeah. 100%” He further added.
What did you make of Henry Cejudo’s performance against Merab Dvalishvili? Do you think he still has what it takes to compete at the top of the Bantamweight division?
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