Henry Cejudo open to Dominick Cruz rematch

Henry Cejudo is prepared to be Dominick Cruz’s final dance.

Former UFC bantamweight champion Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) just lately revealed that he’s seeking to compete yet one more time subsequent 12 months earlier than calling it a profession.

UFC play-by-play commentator Jon Anik advised a rematch between Cruz and Cejudo, which sparked a back-and-forth argument on “X” between Cruz and Cejudo’s supervisor, Ali Abdelaziz.

Cejudo completed Cruz by TKO of their bantamweight title battle at UFC 249 in Might 2020, the place Cruz was sad with referee Keith Peterson’s stoppage of the battle. He accused him of smelling like alcohol and cigarettes.

“Dominick ‘Snooze’ – the one factor I keep in mind about Dominick Cruz is once I put that freaking knee on prime of his freaking dome,” Cejudo stated on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Kamaru Usman. “That’s the one factor that I keep in mind him for. Then he wakened and was speaking about ‘Alcohol and cigarettes’ and he begins blaming the referee when he had 13 unanswered pictures.

“I truly like that battle. If the UFC needs to make it, let’s make it occur. However as I’ve instructed you earlier than, as I instructed (Mario) Bautista, and all people else: I don’t need to get right into a battle with Hunter (Campbell) no extra. I’m permitting Hunter to essentially choose the battle. If he needs to offer Dominick Cruz that battle, then let’s do it.”

After retaining his bantamweight title towards Cruz, Cejudo retired. He returned three years later to problem then champion Aljamain Sterling for the bantamweight title at UFC 288, however misplaced a break up resolution. He then dropped one other resolution to present champion Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 298.

In the meantime, Cruz hasn’t competed since a knockout loss to Marlon Vera within the UFC on ESPN 41 headliner in August 2022. Cejudo got here to the protection of his supervisor Abdelaziz on social media and went after Cruz.

“Disrespect the best supervisor of all time! the final time I keep in mind you, my knee hit your ugly face and blamed it on alcohol and cigarettes. I’d love a tune-up to be trustworthy .”

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