Former undisputed bantamweight and flyweight champion, Henry Cejudo seems to have carried out a u-turn on a proposed second retirement from combined martial arts competitors, claiming he can not “roll” with one other exit from the game following his title eliminator loss at UFC 298 final weekend.
That includes in a high-profile essential card slot, Los Angeles-born veteran, Cejudo suffered his second consecutive loss within the type of a one-sided unanimous determination loss to surging bantamweight contender, Merab Dvalishvili within the pair’s eye-catching scrap.
And forward of the bout, Cejudo, an Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling besides, claimed he would doubtless name time on his profession in combined martial arts if he misplaced to Dvalishvili in Anaheim.
Henry Cejudo shuts down retirement plans
Nevertheless, nearly every week faraway from the defeat to the Georgian – Cejudo has claimed he merely will refuse to bow out of the game in that trend, claiming he is not going to retire within the aftermath of UFC 298.
“I simply can not let it roll like this,” Henry Cejudo mentioned on his YouTube channel. “I simply can not. As a lot because it hurts. Once more, guys, I take the L. However I can not take the L understanding the way in which that I just about went out. I don’t thoughts the dropping side of it. Perhaps simply the way in which that I did go – the being winded facet, the not making an attempt to knock this dude out as a result of I used to be drained – I believe that’s the stuff that basically bothers me.”
“So, as of immediately, guys, I used to be on the point of announce my [retirement] – a few days in the past,” Henry Cejudo. “I actually did an entire video on my retirement, thanking my household, thanking my pals, thanking everyone who has been there.”
Previous to his determination loss to Dvalishvili, Cejudo dropped an in depth judging defeat to the Tbilisi native’s coaching accomplice and former bantamweight champion, Aljamain Sterling within the pair’s Could championship struggle final yr.
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