MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI thought it was a great storyline \u2014 we\u2019re both from Arizona, he\u2019s a great champ, I beat the No. 1 contender Marlon Moraes, and there was really not a concrete No. 1 contender after I beat Moraes.<\/p>\n\u201cMy original plan was to fight him, but then I saw the fact that Jose Aldo did a good job with Marlon Moraes, who was the No. 1 contender. I went with Aldo, but I told Dominick, Dominick should stay on the lines because if anything happens, you\u2019re the guy that I want next. And it just turned out to be that Jose Aldo couldn\u2019t get a visa and that allowed Dominick Cruz to get back in. But he was always part of the plan and now we\u2019re going to scrap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cejudo’s focus on fighters like Cruz and Aldo has not gone over well with streaking bantamweight contenders like Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan. According to Cejudo, however, neither of these men actually deserve title shots at this point.<\/p>\n
\u201cWait for their chance, wait for the king to tell them to bend the knee,\u201d Cejudo said. \u201cAljamain Sterling got knocked out by a guy that I knocked out, so wait in line. And Peter Yan needs to learn better English.\u00a0He absolutely sucks and you can\u2019t beat a 41-year-old and expect a title shot \u2013 that\u2019s just ridiculous. I rather fight someone who hasn\u2019t fight in four years.\u201d<\/p>\n
What do you think of these comments from Henry Cejudo?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/6\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC bantamweight champ Henry Cejudo is days out from a title defense opposite the former champ Dominick Cruz. Beyond that he has his sights set on former featherweight champ Jose Aldo. Speaking on Tuesday’s UFC 249 conference call, Cejudo explained why Cruz and Aldo are the top of his list. \u201cDominick was my first choice, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":297837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10180,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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