NEW YORK – With the uncertainty surrounding the UFC’s flyweight in 2019, some people find themselves more in the dark than others as to what happens after Saturday night. If Henry Cejudo beats T.J. Dillashaw in the main event in Brooklyn, does the UFC keep the division open and begin channeling traffic through its Olympic gold medalist?
Or does it shutter up the division anyway, and make Cejudo — and any other linger flies — jump to bantamweight?
Perhaps nobody is more curious about what’s going to happen than Joseph Benavidez, a perennial top contender who finds himself A) at the mercy of a fight he has nothing to do with, B) rooting for a rival (Cejudo) to keep the flyweight division alive, and C) rooting against his friend Dillashaw who is coming down for the express purpose of killing it.