Former Bantamweight Champ Breaks Down Where He’s At Ahead Of Main Event Clash With Song Yadong In Seattle
Henry Cejudo pressed pause on his MMA career while still at the peak of his powers, fresh off successfully defending his UFC bantamweight title with a second-round stoppage win over Dominick Cruz. He was a two-weight world champion and Olympic gold medalist — “Triple C,” one of the greatest combat sports athletes of all time — and he decided to take a sabbatical.
When he returned three days shy of three years later, he walked right into a bantamweight title fight with then-champion Aljamain Sterling, looking to reclaim the throne he had previously abdicated and the title he never lost in competition, but it wasn’t meant to be.