LAS VEGAS – Henry Cejudo is looking to add another legend to his resume.
While he received heavy criticism for opting to make his first UFC bantamweight title defense against Jose Aldo, Cejudo (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) said it’s all about building his legacy.
“It was the right fight to make because he’s a legend,” Cejudo told MMA Junkie this past Saturday at a Dominance MMA media day in Las Vegas. “The only people that Jose ‘Baldo’ has ever lost to has been nothing but the best. I mean, Jose Aldo – you’ve never heard him losing to either a former champion, a champion, or somebody along those lines.
“Whether you guys want to watch or not – which I know they’re all gonna watch – ‘Triple C’ is going to be serving ‘G.O.A.T.’ on May 9. So I hope all you Brazilians – hope you guys didn’t eat too much for Carnival, because I’m going to be serving ‘G.O.A.T.”
After dethroning longtime UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, Cejudo made his first successful 125-pound title defense against then-bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw and stopped him in just 32 seconds.
After that, he joined an elite few who have held two titles simultaneously. Cejudo captured the 135-pound title Dillashaw was stripped of due to a failed drug test when he stopped Marlon Moraes at UFC 238.
It will have been 11 months since Cejudo most recently fought when he makes the walk to take on Aldo (28-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) at UFC 250 in Sao Paulo.
Cejudo also has called out UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski. In Aldo, he’s facing another all-time great.
“My whole thing is, I’d like to add Demetrious Johnson, the greatest flyweight of all time; T.J. Dillashaw the greatest bantamweight of all time; and Jose Aldo, the greatest featherweight of all time,” Cejudo said. “I’m snatching everybody’s legacies.
“Flyweight, bantamweight – I’m taking everybody from 99 pounds to 149 pounds so they can all get it. It’s the ‘Triple C’ weight division.”
In choosing Jose Aldo, Henry Cejudo is out to 'snatch everybody's legacies'