If it were up to Demetrious Johnson, Henry Cejudo had his final fight at UFC Seattle.
Johnson, a two-time opponent and now friend of Cejudo, reacted to the main event of this past Saturday’s Fight Night card where Cejudo lost a technical decision to Song Yadong after suffering a brutal, yet accidental eye poke in the third round. Cejudo was unable to continue after his vision was compromised heading into the fourth round, leading to referee Jason Herzog going to the judges’ scorecards.
Following the event, Johnson asked himself if he feels Cejudo should call it career on his YouTube channel.
“I would like to see him retire,” Johnson said. “He’s got a great podcast with him and Kamaru Usman, ... he’s got two beautiful children, he’s got a beautiful wife, he’s got businesses. There’s no reason for him to fight and keep risking his health.”
Cejudo first retired in May 2020 after stopping Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 to defend his bantamweight title. It was a head-scratching decision with Cejudo’s popularity continuing to grow with each great performance, and the UFC moved on almost immediately to a vacant title fight between Petr Yan and Jose Aldo at UFC 251 two months later.
The former two-division champ ended his retirement and challenged then-champion Aljamain Sterling for the title at UFC 288, losing a decision, and then losing his next two fights to now-champ Merab Dvalishvili, and then to Song on Saturday.
With everything the Olympic gold medalist has accomplished in the sport of mixed martial arts, Johnson feels Cejudo has nothing left to prove.
“I mean, he’s beaten me, [was] flyweight champion, defended the flyweight belt, bantamweight champion, defended the bantamweight belt, that’s more than half the motherf*ckers on the roster are ever going to do,” Johnson explained.
“Yes, I know it’s such good money, it’s easy to train eight weeks and have a fight, but the man almost went blind.”
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