If Henry Cejudo comes back, don’t expect it to be against Dominick Cruz.
Since getting stopped by Cejudo (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) in a failed bid to reclaim his bantamweight title at UFC 249, Cruz (24-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has rebounded by winning two straight bouts, most recently rallying to outpoint Pedro Munhoz this past Saturday at UFC 269.
Following his win, Cruz said he’d be interested in running things back with Cejudo if the former UFC dual champion came out of retirement. Cruz was TKO’d with just two seconds remaining in the second round of his fight with Cejudo, where he was visibly upset with the stoppage. Cruz ripped referee Keith Peterson, accusing him of waiving the fight off too early.
“Dude, Dominic Cruz, man, take it in the chin just how my knee hit your damn chin,” Cejudo said on “The Triple C & Schmo Show.” “Jesus, man, you absolutely make me sick. This is why we need referees. It’s not like, ‘Oh, let me get beat up, but let me see if these referees, you know, give me the benefit of the doubt.’ Like, no. You put yourself there, you put your face on my knee, and I made you bend the knee. There was 13 unanswered shots. Re-watch it, dude. I literally woke you up.”
Cejudo continues to express interest in capturing a third UFC title by challenging reigning featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski, and that seems to be the only option that would lure him out of retirement.
.@DominickCruz, Mr. King of the Prelims– Ya snooze, ya lose. You had your chance, and you bent those surgically repaired knees. If I decide to come back, I’m fighting @alexvolkanovski first. Triple C ain’t fighting on no damn prelims.
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— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) December 13, 2021
“.@DominickCruz, Mr. King of the Prelims– Ya snooze, ya lose. You had your chance, and you bent those surgically repaired knees.
If I decide to come back, I’m fighting @alexvolkanovski first. Triple C ain’t fighting on no damn prelims.
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Henry Cejudo fires back at ‘King of Prelims’ Dominick Cruz: ‘You absolutely make me sick’
