{"id":316118,"date":"2019-06-10T08:09:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T15:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316118"},"modified":"2019-06-10T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:01:26","slug":"dana-white-walks-back-henry-cejudo-pound-for-pound-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-walks-back-henry-cejudo-pound-for-pound-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White pumps brakes on Henry Cejudo pound-for-pound talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Henry Cejudo captured the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 238, adding this new belt to a trophy case that already includes the UFC flyweight strap and an Olympic medal, he proudly proclaimed himself the greatest combat athlete of all time, and the UFC&#8217;s pound-for-pound king.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LKabit\">\u201dI am the greatest combat athlete of all time,\u201d Cejudo hollered into the microphone. \u201cAnd I just stole the title of best pound-for-pound fighter too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White is certainly impressed by Henry Cejudo, but believes these comments are a little premature \u2014 particularly with fighters like Jon Jones and Khabib Nurmagomedov enjoying such success in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>He also pumped the breaks on Cejudo&#8217;s goal of challenging for the featherweight title in the future.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tlwIVb\">\u201dLet\u2019s just stick with these two weights and then we\u2019ll talk about that stuff,\u201d the UFC boss said after UFC 238 when asked if he&#8217;d be willing to let Cejudo challenge for the featherweight title (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/6\/9\/18659109\/dana-white-ufc-238-proved-henry-cejudo-is-great-but-hes-not-the-greatest-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cI heard he also said he\u2019s the pound for pound best in the world.<\/p>\n<p id=\"OwPW8E\">\u201dListen, it\u2019s awesome that he believes in himself like that and he\u2019s so confident,\u201d White added. \u201cBut you gotta be realistic. You\u2019ve got Jon Jones out there. Khabib\u2019s never lost, he\u2019s undefeated. And look at the guys these guys have run through, and look at how long Jon Jones has defended his title. Yeah, so&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Dana White clearly isn&#8217;t buying Henry Cejudo as the pound-for-king champion just yet, he was very complimentary of the UFC&#8217;s new two-division champ.<\/p>\n<p id=\"OrTUEX\">\u201cI\u2019m blown away by his performance. I\u2019m never gonna doubt that kid again,\u201d he said. \u201cThis guy has heard it all from \u2018You didn\u2019t really beat Demetrious [Johnson]\u2019 to \u2018It was a fluke when you knocked out T.J. [Dillashaw]\u2019 You can\u2019t deny the guy anymore. He\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Dana White&#8217;s comments on 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 6\/10\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Henry Cejudo captured the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 238, adding this new belt to a trophy case that already includes the UFC flyweight strap and an Olympic medal, he proudly proclaimed himself the greatest combat athlete of all time, and the UFC&#8217;s pound-for-pound king. \u201dI am the greatest combat athlete of all time,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":315996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,10180,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with 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