Henry Cejudo News

Tom Taylor - December 21, 2018

On January 19, the UFC will debut on the streaming service ESPN+ with an impressive night of fights. Headlined by a flyweight title fight between reigning champion Henry Cejudo and slimmed down bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, the card is easily one of the most anticipated features on the UFC’s 2019 calendar so far. And now the card has an official poster.

Cole Shelton - December 5, 2018

UFC 233 will no longer be headlined by TJ Dillashaw and Henry Cejudo for the flyweight title. According to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, that fight has been moved to January 19 to headline ESPN+ in Brooklyn, New York. The UFC was hoping to start off the ESPN-era with a great card but struggled to find an adequate main attraction. After weeks of searching, they inevitably decided to move the Dillashaw vs. Cejudo Flyweight title fight to the January 19 fight card.

Cole Shelton - November 13, 2018

On January 26, at UFC 233, UFC bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw will move down to flyweight to take on divisional champ Henry Cejudo. If Dillashaw wins this fight, he will become one of just a few fighters to hold titles in two UFC weight classes concurrently. It could also spell the end of the flyweight division. Yet Cejudo isn’t sure that’s the way things will go down. He knows the cut down to 125 pounds will be tough on Dillashaw, and also believes he possesses a skillset unlike anyone Dillashaw has fought before.

Tom Taylor - November 12, 2018

On January 26, in the main event of UFC 233, UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo is expected to defend his title against slimmed down bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw. This bout carries some massive implications, as the UFC is reportedly planning on shutting down its flyweight division in the near future. While Henry Cejudo is currently focused on his UFC 233 fight with TJ Dillashaw, he believes that, win or lose, his time with the UFC could come to an end if the promotion drops the flyweight division thereafter.

Christopher Taylor - November 2, 2018

Current UFC Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo believes the writing is on the wall for the promotion to close down its men’s 125-pound division. Cejudo, who claimed the UFC flyweight strap by defeating long-time flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson via split-decision at UFC 227, recently sat down the UFC commentator Joe Rogan.

Tom Taylor - October 31, 2018

After defending the UFC flyweight title a record-breaking 11-straight times, Demetrious Johnson absolutely deserved an immediate rematch with Henry Cejudo, who ended his title reign with a split decision victory at UFC 227 in August. Instead of pursuing this rematch, however, Demetrious Johnson and his team negotiated a move to Singapore’s ONE Championship.

Tom Taylor - September 18, 2018

Shortly after winning the UFC flyweight title with a historic decision defeat of long-time champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, Henry Cejudo jumped on a plane to Russia to enjoy the festivities of the promotion’s UFC Moscow card. As most UFC champions would on such a trip, he toted along his UFC belt. Unfortunately, the airline lost his luggage, which meant that he lost his belt. Given that Henry Cejudo had already lost his Olympic gold medal in a house fire, this incident was particularly wild.

Cole Shelton - September 16, 2018

Anything gold is bad luck for current UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo. Cejudo was in Russia to take in Saturday’s UFC Moscow card and spoke to reporters where he admitted that the airline lost his luggage. No big deal right, it is just some clothes. Well, not entirely, as in his luggage was the UFC belt that he won at UFC 227 when he defeated longtime champion Demetrious Johnson.

Tom Taylor - September 13, 2018

Shortly after Henry Cejudo defied the odds and swiped the UFC flyweight title from the waist of long-time champion Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227, he called out TJ Dillashaw, who defended the UFC bantamweight title with a first-round knockout of Cody Garbrandt in the card’s main event. Cejudo’s hope, he explained, was to move up to bantamweight and challenge Dillashaw in an attempt at becoming a two-division champion. Initially, TJ Dillashaw seemed lukewarm about the possibility. More recently, however, he’s sounding a lot more interested in fighting Henry Cejudo — just not under quite the circumstances Cejudo hoped.

Tom Taylor - August 24, 2018

Earlier this month, in the co-main event of UFC 227, Henry Cejudo did the unthinkable, and swiped the UFC flyweight title from the waist of seemingly unbeatable champion Demetrious Johnson. While this was a career-changing win for Cejudo, however, it did not come with a career-changing payday. Instead, Henry Cejudo’s trainer Eric Albarracin says the fighter took a pay cut for this fight with Johnson.

Drake Riggs - August 13, 2018

It's on, @UFC fans! @tjdillashaw & @henrycejudo are ready! #UFC @MarioLopezExtra pic.twitter.com/dVLfVyPh5V — ExtraTV (@extratv) August 13, 2018

Thomas Taylor - August 11, 2018

Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is no longer the UFC flyweight champion. That honor now belongs to Henry Cejudo, who swiped the belt from Johnson with a hard-fought unanimous decision at UFC 227 earlier this month. Given that Johnson had defended the title 11 consecutive times before losing it, and that he knocked Cejudo out in their first fight just two years ago, the widespread feeling is that the former champion should get an immediate opportunity to reclaim the title.

Tom Taylor - August 6, 2018

Last weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 227, Henry Cejudo accomplished something that was looking increasingly undoable: he dethroned dominating UFC flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. Amazingly, however, this might not even be the biggest accomplishment of Cejudo’s career, as he previously won a gold medal in the Olympics as a freestyle wrestler. And if he gets his way, it won’t be the last massive accomplishment of his career, as he hopes to move up to bantamweight to battle divisional champ TJ Dillashaw for his title.

Tom Taylor - August 5, 2018

On Saturday night, in the co-main event of UFC 227, Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo did the unthinkable: he defeated long-time UFC flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, earning a close but impressive split decision win. This is something Johnson’s last 13 opponents failed to do — that includes Cejudo, who lost his first fight to the MMA great by first-round knockout. So how on earth did Henry Cejudo dethrone the long-time king? He broke down his game plan at the UFC 227 post-fight press conference, explaining what he learned in his first battle with Mighty Mouse, and how he applied that knowledge to his successful second fight with the seemingly unbeatable champ.

Tom Taylor - August 5, 2018

Shortly after he shocked the world be yanking the title from the waist of dominating UFC flyweight sensation Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, Henry Cejudo called for a champion vs. champion fight with bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw. Speaking at the UFC 227 post-fight press conference, Dillashaw responded to this ballsy callout from the new flyweight champion Henry Cejudo.

Chris Taylor - August 4, 2018

Long time UFC flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson put his 125-pound title on the line against Henry Cejudo in the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 227 event in Los Angeles. The fight served as a title fight rematch, as “Mighty Mouse” had previously defeated Cejudo via first-round TKO at UFC 197 in April of 2016.

Tom Taylor - June 20, 2018

Chael Sonnen has a piece of advice for Henry Cejudo, who rematches dominating flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson at UFC 227 on August 4. Sonnen feels that, if Cejudo hopes to build interest in this flyweight title rematch, he needs to cast himself as the villain in the story. “He just wouldn’t come out of his shell,” Sonnen said of Cejudo’s typical attitude. “He just simply wouldn’t do it. He just wanted to be the good and likeable guy, no matter how many times we try to grab him by the collar and say ‘Henry, that spot’s taken — the good guy is taken by Demetrious — but there’s another seat in the car.'”

Drake Riggs - June 6, 2018

MMA fans were hopeful that we would be getting both champions, TJ Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227 in Los Angeles on August 4th. And it looks like we very well might be…they just won’t be going against each other. Negotiations were underway for a potential super fight between the flyweight and bantamweight champions, Johnson and Dillashaw but according to Johnson’s manager, despite both accepting their offers, Dillashaw was given a new contract that resulted in him rematching Cody Garbrandt in UFC 227’s main event.