{"id":298854,"date":"2019-01-20T07:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=298854"},"modified":"2019-01-20T07:05:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:05:17","slug":"henry-cejudo-defends-great-stoppage-in-tj-dillashaw-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/henry-cejudo-defends-great-stoppage-in-tj-dillashaw-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Cejudo defends &#8220;great stoppage&#8221; in TJ Dillashaw fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Henry Cejudo needed just 32 seconds to defend his UFC flyweight title against UFC bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw in Saturday night\u2019s UFC Brooklyn main event.\u00a0Unfortunately for him, some members of the MMA community \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-gives-his-take-on-henry-cejudo-vs-tj-dillashaw-stoppage\/\"> Dillashaw <\/a>and UFC President <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-gives-his-take-on-henry-cejudo-vs-tj-dillashaw-stoppage\/\">Dana White <\/a>included \u2014 feel the referee intervened a little too early in this fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this controversy, Henry Cejudo says he is fine with the stoppage. In fact, he considers it a &#8220;great&#8221; stoppage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a great stoppage because I felt his body go limp,\u201d Cejudo said at the UFC Brooklyn\u00a0post-fight press conference (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/1\/20\/18190287\/henry-cejudo-explains-how-he-knew-t-j-dillashaw-couldnt-continue-i-felt-his-body-go-limp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Fighting (opens in a new tab)\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cYou guys have to understand I weighed in at 146 pounds when I fought him. Strong, and you could see it. Every blow that he took, he was eating some hammers. Personally, I thought it was a good stoppage because he was going to take another 10, 20 hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen your body goes limp like that, when you cut weight like that, thinking you\u2019re gonna go out there and just take my belt from me, that\u2019s not the way it works. So I think it was a great stoppage. This is why MMA is sanctioned now because of refs. If I was to talk to that ref, \u2018You\u2019re okay, man. We were both in there. We saw him go limp a few times.\u2019 Watch it again and you\u2019ll see it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think partially what makes TJ good is the fact that he is a sore loser. So am I. But you know what, at least I\u2019m able to accept it and get better from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI saw he was hurt since the beginning, I thought it was that kick that really kind of rattled him. I\u2019m going to have to re-watch that fight, but I could tell, I saw him going limp, I saw his body changing. I shoved him down. If you shove somebody down, they\u2019re hurt. If I do this to you and you\u2019re just (acts dazed), come on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Henry Cejudo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 1\/20\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Cejudo needed just 32 seconds to defend his UFC flyweight title against UFC bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw in Saturday night\u2019s UFC Brooklyn main event.\u00a0Unfortunately for him, some members of the MMA community \u2014 Dillashaw and UFC President Dana White included \u2014 feel the referee intervened a little too early in this fight. 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