UFC: Henry Cejudo declares his ‘legacy rampage’ is over – ‘I’m not a BJ Penn … I don’t want to fight forever’
- ‘Triple C’ posts picture of himself sleeping with his belts and customised pillows adorned by faces of Demetrious Johnson, TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz
- Cejudo talks playing ‘The King of Cringe’ and says ‘I know what I’m worth’
Henry Cejudo declared his “legacy rampage” is finally over after posting a photo of himself sleeping alongside his belts and custom-made pillows featuring the faces of Demetrious Johnson, TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz.
“The legacy rampage is finished. Sincerely the greatest combat athlete of all time – Triple C”, Cejudo tweeted on Monday night.
The 33-year-old, who is also a 2008 Olympic wrestling gold medallist, has expressed interest in business and property ventures but hinted that he could be tempted to come back if he and UFC president Dana White agreed on the right amount of money.
“What I thought was to fight [Jose] Aldo, the greatest flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight and just call it, but going through the process of what I’m doing and cutting weight, this is the god honest truth, it gets stagnant, man,” Cejudo said in the UFC 249 post-event press conference.
“It makes me want to explore different areas. I’ve been doing this since 11, I’m 33 right now … I want to be on top. I wanted to leave wrestling at the age of 21 because I started to hate the sport. It’s a crazy story but I knew whether I was going to win the Olympic gold medal or not, I knew I was going to leave it because I had given everything to that sport.
