Former two-weight champion, Henry Cejudo has been heavily linked with a return to action as soon as February by his manager, however, former lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov claims the Olympian should be a real option to challenge Alexandre Pantoja for flyweight gold next.
Cejudo, a former undisputed flyweight champion and bantamweight gold holder under the banner of the promotion, retains the number seven rank at 135lbs, having remained sidelined since dropping a title eliminator loss to the incumbent divisional champion, Merab Dvalishvili back in February.
Henry Cejudo backed to fight Alexandre Pantoja for title in return
As for Pantoja, the Brazilian kingpin headlined UFC 310 last month, taking out the newly-signed promotional contender, Kai Asakura, choking out the Japanese native with a taut second round rear-naked choke in Las Vegas.