Henry Cejudo dethroned Demetrious Johnson to become the UFC flyweight champion earlier this month, and Deiveson Figueiredo expects his reign to last as long as it takes for him to earn a chance at the gold.
Unbeaten as a mixed martial artist and 3-0 in the UFC, Figueiredo returns to action at Saturday night’s UFC Lincoln against No. 6 ranked John Moraga, and already has his eyes on Cejudo.
”Cejudo has arrived to make some noise in the division,” Figueiredo told MMA Fighting. “He took the belt away from someone really, really tough.