{"id":297031,"date":"2019-01-04T12:02:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=297031"},"modified":"2019-01-04T12:02:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:02:23","slug":"henry-cejudo-manager-doubts-tj-dillashaw-will-make-weight-for-flyweight-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/henry-cejudo-manager-doubts-tj-dillashaw-will-make-weight-for-flyweight-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Cejudo manager doubts TJ Dillashaw will make weight for flyweight title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 19, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s first card on ESPN+, reigning UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will drop down to the flyweight division to battle divisional king Henry Cejudo for his title.<\/p>\n<p>First, of course, TJ Dillashaw will have to successfully cut down to the flyweight limit of 125 pounds. Henry Cejudo&#8217;s manager Ali Abdelaziz has some serious doubts that that will happen.<\/p>\n<p>He expects Dillashaw to miss his mark, in which case Cejudo will apparently not accept the fight. Instead, Abdelaziz says Cejudo will give a short-notice title shot to long-time contender Joseph Benavidez, who has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joseph-benavidez-to-act-as-alternate-for-henry-cejudo-vs-tj-dillashaw-title-fight\/\">been pegged as an alternate for the fight.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"9NgjKY\">\u201cI don\u2019t think TJ&#8217;s going to make weight and if he misses weight by .1 pounds, Joseph Benavidez is going to fight, we\u2019re going to give Joseph a shot,\u201d Abdelaziz said in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/1\/1\/18157989\/manager-ali-abdelaziz-discusses-whats-next-for-khabib-nurmagomedov-kamaru-usman-frankie-edgar-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I personally don\u2019t think he\u2019ll make it. If he makes it, he\u2019s going to be weak, fragile, and he\u2019s going to have a long, long night with the champ. He\u2019s a good fighter, but he can\u2019t fight at the pace Henry\u2019s going to fight him at 125. He doesn\u2019t have the speed to fight Henry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Ali Abdelaziz has his doubts that TJ Dillashaw will successfully make the cut down to 125 pounds, the bantamweight champion has repeatedly assured it&#8217;s doable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I walk around lean, I\u2019m on a good diet, I\u2019m on a great lifestyle year-round. I can definitely make the weight,&#8221; he said on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-tj-dillashaw-responds-idiot-cody-garbrandt-explains-hell-cut-125\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJPENN Radio last year.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you think TJ Dillashaw will successfully hit the flyweight limit for his fight with Henry Cejudo?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/4\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 19, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s first card on ESPN+, reigning UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will drop down to the flyweight division to battle divisional king Henry Cejudo for his title. First, of course, TJ Dillashaw will have to successfully cut down to the flyweight limit of 125 pounds. 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