Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo and former two-time flyweight titleholder Brandon Moreno are coming off back-to-back losses. Moreno was defeated by Brandon Royval within the UFC Battle Night time 237 essential occasion on Saturday.
Cejudo got here out of retirement in Could 2023 dropping to Aljamain Sterling through break up determination. At UFC 298 on Feb. 17, Cejudo misplaced to Merab Dvalishvili. Following Moreno’s loss to Royval within the rematch, Cejudo referred to as out “The Murderer Child.”
Cejudo and Moreno used to coach collectively, however when Moreno helped put together Joseph Benevidez to struggle Cejudo their relationship soured. “That is when it considerably turned private,” Cejudo stated on his YouTube channel.
“What struggle could be higher than Triple C, Brandon Moreno, the Mexican-American versus the true Mexican, and so they come collectively, and so they do a 5 spherical showdown on the Sphere, in Las Vegas for Mexican Independence Day,” Cejudo continued.
“I prefer it. I feel [if] there’s any manner we must always settle it, sufficient speaking, sufficient cringing, sufficient antics, and sufficient all of that. The one solution to get it on, Brandon Moreno, is I settle for your problem. Let’s do it, Mexican Independence Day. What you bought? You gonna signal that contract? Are you a Mexican, or a Mexican’t?”
“I feel we must always settle it. It suppose it is time to settle it. I feel Dana White, I feel the storyline is there. I feel the historical past is there. I feel you have got two former champions which have misplaced and at the moment are coming collectively to place one of many best showdowns in UFC historical past. I am simply ready for the decision. I am simply ready on the decision. Brandon Moreno, I will end this once more. I need to struggle you. I need to harm you. I feel we owe it to one another. I feel we owe it to the followers. That is too good for this to not happen.”
