D. White greets H.Cejudo after one of his victories Photo: Instagram
Asked about Henry Cejudo's request to replace Max Holloway and face Alexander Volkanovski, Ultimate president Dana White fumed. In an interview with the website 'BT Sport‘, the president defended the organization's preference for Korean Zombie and said that the former champion is not in a position to demand a title fight as he is returning from retirement.
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“I can say one thing: the Korean zombie (Chan sung jung) was here fighting. This guy is retired. He has been away for many years and wants to come back and fight with Alexander Volkanovsky? You got guys like Zombie, Josh Emmett, Giga (Chikadze) who is fighting this weekend. You have these guys who are here doing this three times a year and working their way to the top of the division. You can’t have Cejudo retire and then think that being able to enter any weight division and face the champion, that’s not how it works,” said Dana White.
to the place of Max Holloway, injured, Korean zombie was chosen to be Volkanovski's third challenger as featherweight champion (up to 65,7kg). O UFC 273 was scheduled for April 9th and will be held at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York (USA). The co-main fight will be the long-awaited rematch between aljamain sterling e Petr yan, valid for the rooster belt (up to 61,2kg).
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