{"id":122827,"date":"2014-12-15T11:27:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T19:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=122827"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:04:28","slug":"cejudo-wrestling-lot-tougher-mma-ufc-career-provides-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cejudo-wrestling-lot-tougher-mma-ufc-career-provides-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Cejudo: Wrestling ‘a lot tougher than MMA,’ but UFC career provides a living"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Henry<\/a><\/p>\n

Henry Cejudo (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made his highly anticipated octagon debut at this past weekend’s UFC on FOX 13 event in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

The former Olympic gold-medalist wrestler scored a dominant unanimous decision win over Dustin Kimura (11-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) that evening.<\/p>\n

Following his first career UFC victory, Cejudo discussed his wrestling past and how it compares to MMA (quotes via mmajunkie<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope nobody takes offense to this, but I think (wrestling is) a lot tougher than MMA,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Cejudo said. \u201cWhen you become the best in the world in wrestling, you\u2019re the best in the world. This isn\u2019t two, three events. This is once every four years.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With that said, MMA has provided Cejudo with the ability to make a ‘real living’, something that wrestling could not:<\/p>\n

“You can ask Daniel Cormier, we used to get paid like $1,500 to win Nationals, or like $3,000 to be the best in the country. Here, it\u2019s 30, 40, 50, 60 \u2013 a hundred thousand you can end up making,\u201d <\/em>he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not so much MMA is the next step up, because it\u2019s not. And you can confirm it with Daniel Cormier and some of the best wrestlers, but I feel like it\u2019s just a way we can make a living and buy a nice car and have a nice home.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Henry Cejudo (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made his highly anticipated octagon debut at this past weekend’s UFC on FOX 13 event in Phoenix. The former Olympic gold-medalist wrestler scored a dominant unanimous decision win over Dustin Kimura (11-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) that evening. 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