Henry Cejudo is about to return to the Octagon on February 22 the place he’ll as soon as once more look to earn his first win since deciding to comeback from his 2020 retirement. “Triple C” has suffered back-to-back losses in consecutive years to teammates Aljamain Sterling and Merab Dvalishvili who’re the previous and present holders of the bantamweight title.
Following a number of stories, it has since been confirmed by the UFC that Cejudo will headline the promotion’s lengthy awaited return to Seattle when he faces off with Tune Yadong over 5 rounds on the Local weather Pledge Enviornment. The previous two-weight champion is presently ranked one spot above China’s Yadong within the top-15 rankings at 135-pounds, occupying the #7-position.
With Yadong coming off of a loss to Petr Yan at UFC 299 in March final yr, this can be a large alternative for him to regain some severe momentum by incomes the most important win of his profession thus far in opposition to one of many high names within the decrease weight lessons. Cejudo, alternatively, seemingly has quite a bit at stake on this contest.
For as a lot as his return has been stifled by back-to-back losses, dropping to the titleholder on the time and the person that will go on to grow to be the champion are two defeats that he can bounce again from. The 37-year previous has been preventing both champions or the highest contenders for a very long time so struggling a 3rd consecutive defeat to the #8-ranked man could be a troublesome second for him to bounce again from.
Regardless of what this may may imply for his profession, anybody anticipating a extra severe model of “Triple C” seems to be mistaken. His first message on social media after the battle was confirmed adopted the identical sample that battle followers must count on from Cejudo.
