{"id":462633,"date":"2022-11-09T10:17:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=462633"},"modified":"2022-11-09T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:17:30","slug":"sean-omalley-explains-how-henry-cejudo-shot-himself-in-the-foot-with-premature-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/sean-omalley-explains-how-henry-cejudo-shot-himself-in-the-foot-with-premature-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean O\u2019Malley explains how Henry Cejudo \u201cshot himself in the foot\u201d with premature retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley is explaining how Henry Cejudo &#8216;shot himself in the foot&#8217; with premature retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Cejudo, 35, (16-2 MMA) has not stepped foot in the Octagon since May of 2020 at UFC 249, where he defeated Dominick Cruz (24-4 MMA) via knockout in round 2. It was following that bantamweight title bout that Cejudo announced his retirement from the sport. Cejudo&#8217;s career ended with six consecutive wins and the flyweight and bantamweight championships.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several months, Cejudo has had a change of heart and seemingly wants back in the game. The former dual champion has taken to calling out &#8216;Sugar&#8217; (16-1 MMA), Alexander Volkanovski (25-1 MMA), Aljamain Sterling (22-3 MMA), and TJ Dillashaw (17-5 MMA) to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his YouTube channel, Sean O&#8217;Malley had this to say about an interim title fight with\u00a0 &#8216;Tripe C&#8217; (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/11\/ufc-analysis-sean-omalley-opinion-henry-cejudo-hurt-himself-when-he-retired\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMe vs. \u2018Chito\u2019 is a lot bigger than me vs. Henry. It\u2019s weird, being all the accolades he has: He\u2019s not a draw, and that\u2019s the reason he left. He wasn\u2019t getting paid what he \u2018deserved,\u2019 so he thought maybe he would leave and the UFC would want him back \u2013 and they didn\u2019t, so now he kind of shot himself in the foot.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Continuing O&#8217;Malley spoke about who he&#8217;d like to fight next:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMe vs. \u2018Chito\u2019 is a bigger fight. Me vs. Cory Sandhagen\u2019s a bigger fight. Me vs. this coffee cup would probably be a little bit bigger fight. But yeah, I\u2019m super curious where this division\u2019s going to go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So there you go, &#8216;Sugar&#8217; seemingly has no interest in fighting Cejudo who he claims is &#8216;not a draw&#8217; in the UFC, at least not anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley is currently in the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/sean-omalley\/sean-omalley-makes-huge-jump-up-bantamweight-rankings-after-beating-petr-yan\/\">number one spot<\/a> of the UFC bantamweight rankings after he defeated former champion Petr Yan (16-4 MMA) at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi on October 22nd.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with O&#8217;Malley that Cejudo &#8216;shot himself in the foot&#8217; with his premature retirement or would you like to see &#8216;Triple C&#8217; back in action in the Octagon in the near future?<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley is explaining how Henry Cejudo &#8216;shot himself in the foot&#8217; with premature retirement. Henry Cejudo, 35, (16-2 MMA) has not stepped foot in the Octagon since May of 2020 at UFC 249, where he defeated Dominick Cruz (24-4 MMA) via knockout in round 2. 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