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UFC Quick Quote: Joseph Benavidez says Henry Cejudo got a little 'picky' in fight negotiations

The Team Alpha Male-trained product was willing, but Cejudo didn't have the time.

"I'm not upset that he said he didn't want to fight me. It's the fact he said he wanted to fight me, and then when the opportunity came up, he didn't want to. I say ‘Sept. 5,' and he says ‘not at that point.' So if you say you want to fight somebody, you don't pick the date, too. You say you want to fight someone, you don't say, ‘Oh, I didn't mean that day,' so then it's like, ‘I'll fight him Oct.