H. Cejudo assured that gaining weight to move up a category would not be a problem. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC
During the co-main event of UFC 227 this Saturday (04), Henry Cejudo achieved something that seemed impossible. 'Messenger' dethroned the flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson after five rounds. With that, he won the division title. Dreaming even bigger, the Olympic medalist wants to become a 'triple champion'.
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“Now that I am a winner. I am an Olympic champion. I'm a UFC champion. And now I'm asking to be a triple champion”, explained Cejudo when challenging the bantamweight belt holder, Tj dillashaw.
Cejudo won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games (Rio de Janeiro) and the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) as a freestyle wrestler. In 2013, Henry made his transition to MMA where he debuted in WFF MMA. His first fight was in December 2014 against Dustin Kimura, and he came away with a unanimous decision victory.
The flyweight champion guaranteed that moving up a category to face Dillashaw wouldn't be a problem. “If you guys watch me fight, look at how muscular, how much bigger I am than Demetrious Johnson. I'm a tank, man. I can easily fill out at £135 and feel good,” she explained.
Even so, the champion of cocks, Tj dillashaw doesn't seem interested in that fight yet. He previously challenged former title holder Johnson to a superfight. “I really don’t think the guy deserves this,” Dillashaw said of Cejudo’s request.
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