By the time Henry Cejudo left the Octagon on Saturday night, after defending his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz and announcing his retirement, the skeptics among his fellow fighters questioned whether the champ was seriously quitting or putting on another performance.
But one thing skeptics didn't question during UFC 249 was the ability of Justin Gaethje, who dominated Tony Ferguson in the main event and then refused to put on the interim lightweight belt. He wants the real thing, which currently belongs to Khabib Nurmagomedov.