Cejudo Blasts Adesanya: “He Doesn’t Deliver!”
Henry Cejudo is turning up the heat in anticipation of his return to the Octagon. He’s not limiting himself to blasting his fellow flyweights and bantamweights. He’s even going after 185-pound champ Israel Adesanya for being “lame”.
“It’s crazy when you come out to freaking – to The Undertaker, and you didn’t put on a performance on Saturday night. It was lame, dude. You’ve got to start giving – main events are special, dude. If he’s not performing, UFC, stop pushing this dude. He’s a decision-maker.
He hypes a lot and he doesn’t deliver. He talks a lot, and he doesn’t deliver. It’s been like that with him for a minute now, and I think if you’re going to call people out and do all this other stuff, finish them. Put a beating on people. Be spectacular. People look forward more to his entrance than his actual fight, and that’s a problem because what you want to be good at is when you fight.”
Henry Cejudo, who boasts Olympic gold in wrestling as well as UFC titles in both the flyweight and bantamweight divisions, believes that Alex Pereira will be the one to dethrone Adesanya. Adesanya’s “one-dimensional” fighting style, which Cejudo says features no takedowns, will limit him against one of the most fearsome strikers to emerge in the UFC in recent memory.
“I think Alex Pereira can really – because both of these dudes are just strikers, semi-good defense – but going to have to go with Pereira because Israel never demonstrates any type of takedowns and things like that.
He’s another one-dimensional guy that’s good at what he does, and it’s a shame that these dudes at 185 pounds can’t take the fight where Jan (Blachowicz) has taken him. You take him into deep waters and it’s over.”
The backstory for Pereira and Adesanya is well-known at this point. Pereira defeated “The Last Stylebender” twice back when they were both fighting for GLORY kickboxing. The second win for Pereira was a vicious knockout, which sent Adesanya sprawling to the canvas, unconscious. Israel Adesanya is currently undefeated at middleweight in MMA, although he lost to Jan Blachowicz in a failed attempt to capture the light heavyweight title. Whether he’ll need to grapple with Pereira in order to defend his title when the pair eventually face off in the Octagon is another story – his kickboxing may well have improved enough to take on his old foe.
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