Henry Cejudo will only come out of retirement for another belt

The two-division champion Henry Cejudo “Triple C” is now retired. The former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion announced his retirement in May after defeating Dominick Cruz at UFC 249. 

Henry made it clear that he would only return to the fight game if he can add one more belt to the collection. 

The Olympic gold medalist is happy with retirement but will step back into the octagon to win a third belt and cement his legacy. 

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“I feel like me winning a third belt in the UFC would cement me as the greatest fighter of all-time in the sport of mixed martial arts, because nobody will be able to do that but ‘Triple C,’” Cejudo told self-proclaimed Adam Glyn. 

“I thought Holloway probably won that fight,” Cejudo said. “… Holloway won, man. It’s unfortunate. I was going for Volkanovski because I think it’s just a better matchup for me. He’s only about 2 inches taller than me, so I feel like he’d be a better matchup for me if we were to ever fight – if he wasn’t so scared and not scared to sign the damn contract.”

When asked about the up-and-coming Sean O’Malley, Cejudo responded.

“I think Sean O’Malley is completely overrated,” Cejudo told ESPN. “He hasn’t fought nobody. They haven’t put him up against a wrestler. Every time they ask Sean O’Malley who do you want next, ‘I want another striker.’ You know what that tells me as a competitor? That this dude does not want any smoke up against the cage. This dude doesn’t train with people that can grind him. If I was to ever fight him, I would hurt him. I would grind him out, I would keep him for like maybe three to four rounds and just hurt him.

“I’m not going to strike with him because I will give him some credit. He does understand distance and is very precise, but that’s about it. Put him up against a minor league wrestler – a minor leaguer, I’m telling you, and we’ll see how good he really is.”