Number one-ranked flyweight contender Jussier Formiga scored his fourth straight win on Saturday against Deiveson Figueiredo to keep his spot in the standings. Rightfully so, he went on to clamor for the next title shot against current champion Henry Cejudo.
The UFC, however, has other plans, as revealed by company president Dana White. These plans are in line with the recent title stripping of bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw due to a failed drug test and a subsequent year-long suspsension by USADA.
“I now have a plan,” White told ESPN in backstage interview. “I didn’t have a plan before, now I have a plan.