{"id":317220,"date":"2019-06-24T17:24:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T00:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317220"},"modified":"2019-06-24T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T00:24:30","slug":"jon-jones-says-henry-cejudo-is-top-pound-for-pound-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-says-henry-cejudo-is-top-pound-for-pound-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones says Henry Cejudo is top pound-for-pound fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before Henry Cejudo fought Marlon Moraes at UFC 238, he said a win over the top bantamweight fighter <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/henry-cejudo\/henry-cejudo-says-win-at-ufc-238-makes-him-the-best-pound-for-pound-fighter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would make him the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.<\/a>\u00a0After all, he was already the flyweight champion and was looking to become the bantamweight title holder as well, this in addition to being a former Olympic gold medalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst and foremost guys. You guys are acting a little shy. I would like to start off by, I\u2019ve been called some nasty things in my life and I\u2019m sick of it,&#8221; Henry Cejudo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5v_gn_lkawA&amp;t=208s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said at his media luncheon before UFC 238<\/a>. &#8220;I\u2019ve been called a gold digger, I\u2019ve been called a son of a gold, I\u2019ve been called an Olympic champion, UFC champion, Hall of Famer, author, dreamcatcher, dream snatcher, G.O.A.T. killer, the king of cringe, greatest combat athlete of all-time. But, never have I been called the \u2018P\u2019 word and I\u2019m sick of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn June 8 that\u2019s all going to change. I will be the next pound-for-pound king. You can tell Daniel Cormier, you can tell Jon Jones, you can tell Khabib Nurmagomedov there is a new sheriff in town. His name is Henry Cejudo and guess what Dana White if you are watching,\u00a0he happens to be a flyweight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He ended up doing just that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/henry-cejudo\/ufc-238-results-henry-cejudo-stops-marlon-moraes-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as he defeated Moraes by third-round TKO<\/a>. And, once again following the fight, the Olympic gold medalist and now champ-champ says he is the top pound-for-pound fighter. But, many still have Jon Jones at the top of the list. However, according to the UFC&#8217;s light heavyweight champion, he says Cejudo is at the top.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is. Absolutely. Hey, I don\u2019t know. Because he called himself that, I\u2019ll give it to him,&#8221; Jones said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=baWObRauG4A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show<\/a> (as transcribed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/jon-jones-concedes-pound-for-pound-throne-to-henry-cejudo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). I feel like I don\u2019t have to say these things if that makes sense. People should say that for you. So if Henry claims it, I guess it\u2019s his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Henry Cejudo&#8217;s antics aren&#8217;t for everyone, Jon Jones says it is great for the sport. And, him saying he is the greatest is only making him better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish nothing but the best for him, though. He\u2019s great for the sport, and you know, he wants to be the man, you know? I think he\u2019s taking a page out of Ali\u2019s book by calling himself the man, and it worked for Ali. So let Henry have it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Jon Jones that Henry Cejudo is the top pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><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\/24\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Henry Cejudo fought Marlon Moraes at UFC 238, he said a win over the top bantamweight fighter would make him the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.\u00a0After all, he was already the flyweight champion and was looking to become the bantamweight title holder as well, this in addition to being a former Olympic gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":316023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10180,10091,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jon Jones says Henry Cejudo is top pound-for-pound fighter | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many still have Jon Jones at the top of the pound-for-pound list. 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