Henry Cejudo was quick to shut down the idea that Saturday’s title defense against T.J. Dillashaw was stopped prematurely.
Cejudo knocked out Dillashaw 32 seconds into the first round, recording his first UFC flyweight title defense. Dillashaw still holds the bantamweight championship, but unsuccessfully became a double champion against Cejudo, a fight that headlined UFC on ESPN+ 1 in Brooklyn, New York.
Dillashaw and UFC president Dana White were not thrilled with referee Kevin MacDonald’s decision to stop the fight, but Cejudo doesn’t think it was at all controversial.
“It was a great stoppage because I felt his body go limp,” Cejudo said at the event’s post-fight press conference (transcript via MMA Fighting).