Henry Cejudo, Olympic gold medalist and former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champ, wants another shot at the Octagon. Following Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski’s brutal five-round war against Brian Ortega at UC 266, Cejudo immediately wanted a shot at the champ, calling him “Alexander the Average” in an interview with TMZ Sports.
“Alexander the Average, this overgrown midget. This is the thing, it’s not even a challenge against this ugly face. It’s really a challenge against Dana White.
Henry Cejudo Begs Dana White For Featherweight Title Shot Against “Alexander the Average” Volkanovski
How are you gonna doubt an Olympic champ, dude? Olympic champ, how are you gonna doubt a flyweight champ and a two-division champ in the UFC? It’s crazy. Anybody that would doubt me is freaking crazy. Let me go up, man.”
Cejudo may have retired from MMA last year, but he won’t let a little thing like that stop him from a history-making run at the featherweight belt. If Cejudo can defeat Alexander Volkanovski – and that’s a big if – he’ll be the first three-division champion in UFC history.
“Not only do I believe that I can beat him, I know I can stop him. As much as I saw good things from Volkanovski, there are still a lot of holes. I believe my height would be a problem for him, because he is a couple inches taller than me.
My speed, my wrestling, my experience, I’ve been in there against the best. Okay, Alexander the Average had a great performance, it was a great fight, I just believe that I have the “It” factor to beat this dude. Not only to beat this dude, but to stop him.
Allow me to make history. If he’s that good, allow him to shut me up. Dana White, if you’re listening, this is a real message.
Forget the cringe, forget the persona, this is straight up me: I am the greatest combat athlete of all time and I promise you, if you give me the opportunity, I will knock this dude out in no less than three rounds.”
Cejudo claims that a featherweight bout would be “perfect” for this stage of his career. “I’m 165 pounds, believe it or not. 145 would fit me perfect.
Again, if anybody doubts this mind, if you think I won the Olympics because I got lucky or the two belts, hate the cringe, whatever the hell, but I’m a freaking competitor and I just want a challenge.
I want a shot at legacy. I want a shot to be the first UFC triple champ, to win three belts on top of my Olympic gold medal. That’s it.”
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