Former two-division UFC Champion Henry Cejudo says he has one fight left in him.
At 38 years old, Henry Cejudo has been pondering retirement for a minute. In 2020, the bantamweight champ went through with it while he was on top, retiring after a title defense against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249.
Of course, the retirement decision wasnāt final, with Cejudo returning to an immediate title fight three years later. Cejudo would suffer his first losing streak since 2016, defeated by then-champ Aljamain Sterling, current champ Merab Dvalishvili, and most recently Song Yadong at UFC Seattle.
Cejudo suffered a bizarre double eye-poke against Song Yadong in the second round, unable to continue after the round was over. Scheduled for five rounds, the fight was scored in favor of Song Yadong after three.
Henry Cejudo Wants Song Yadong Rematch To Be Last Fight
More than a month removed from the technical decision loss, Cejudo says his eye is still āf***** upā, but he can see that his next fight will probably be his last.
āI think thatās it,ā Cejudo told Grind City Mediaās John Morgan. āI wanna make sure that Iām there for my kids. I think sometimes accidents like this happen and I get it, man. Like thereās no ill will towards Song.ā
āIād love to f****** fight him again too, if that could be my last fight. But I donāt think Danaās too happy,ā Cejudo added.
Cejudo On Why He Thinks Dana White Is Upset With Him
Song Yadong and Henry Cejudo had campaigned for an immediate rematch following the controversy last month, however, it was met by a huge ānoā from UFC CEO Dana White, who wasnāt at all interested.
āI do feel like Danaās f****** mad at me for retiring in 2020 and thatās still in him,ā Cejudo said.
Cejudo initially retired at the age of 33, leaving behind potential fights with Jose Aldo and Petr Yan, who ended up fighting for his vacant title two months later.
āI do want to have a one-on-one conversation with him,ā Cejudo said of White.
āI did tell the president [Donald Trump], Iāve talked to my wife about it and Iāve talked to a lot of people like this. This is my last one,ā Cejudo confirmed. āIām not gonna lose and Iām not gonna lose a f****** limb over some s*** that I already have. I just canāt.ā
Big head, small brain.
He fights like heās retired.
He didnāt really retire though, he made it very clear he wanted a large payrise to take more fights and he sat on the internet for 3 years talking about how much better he was than whoever was in the title fights, trying to drum up interest.
To get off Danaās shit list with stuff like that you better continue to win.
lol, Dana didnt hesitate to move on after henry āretiredā. Henry thought Dana was gonna be like no no heres more money. Dude gave up prime years as champ and the pay that comes with it just to come back years later for less pay
Cejudo fucked up massively. He was a really good fighter but went for a weird marketing angle where he leaned into being a clown. Being a short man, that wasnāt a good look. I suspect his coach Eric Albarracin, an even shorter man, put him up to it. Watch some embedded video from when Henry was risingā¦ Eric encourages the cringe. Why? Henry needs to ask him that because he literally cost Henry millions of dollars.
God heās such a fucking idiot. How could someone with such a high fight IQ (in his prime) be so unbelievably stupid in real life
another reason why āretiringā as champ in the prime of your career was a huge mistake. Age and injuries are undefeated, and he sat on the bench healthy and gave up his money making titles for whatā¦to come back groveling for a prelim fight just get hurt?