“He’s already been through hell “- Henry Cejudo shares an intricate plan for Jon Jones’ return
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After his retirement, former UFC double champion Henry Cejudo immediately transitioned from a fighter to a coach and has now trained the likes of former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo, former UFC women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili and last but not least, light-heavyweight great Jon Jones.
Although Cejudo wants to come for a title fight in the third weight division of his career ie. featherweight and the UFC isn’t allowing him, he, regardless is overall busy in a lot of things in his life. Other than personal coaching, Cejudo also releases wrestling instructionals on many paid websites and also has a podcast titled “Triple C and the Schmo” which he hosts alongside co-host Dave Schmulenson.
Henry Cejudo believes coaching should cater to different athletes’ different abilities and gifts
Ever since Jon Jones was expelled from his original and longtime training gym Jackson Wink MMA due to the domestic violence allegations held against him for physically hurting his wife back in September of 2021, Cejudo decided to give Jones a shelter for shaping his future MMA career, that too as a heavyweight now that Jones has left the light-heavyweight division after a decade of dominance over it.
Cejudo recently came out in an interview with MMA Junkie to talk about various things associated with life including his pay as an active UFC fighter, the UFC’s denial in grating him the featherweight title fight and finally, updates on Jones’ training and return.
“We think outside the box, so it’s different for us. We’re not part of a team,” Cejudo said. “I saw the thing you guys talked about: ‘Where should he go? ATT, he should go to blah blah blah.’ No, not really. What you do with a guy like Jon Jones is you build a team around him. He is the team. He doesn’t need to be pushed. He needs to be tweaked. He’s already been through hell. He’s already been through the turmoil.” [h/t MMA Junkie]
“That’s kind of what we do with the athletes here,” Cejudo said. “Once somebody comes here and sees what we have planned, it’s just different because it’s all catered toward their ability… If a coach is teaching the same combination, the same thing to all the other fighters, then it’s all about the coach. And it shouldn’t be like that. It should be about the athletes.”
What do you think of Cejudo’s comments on the responsibilities of a coach? Do you think Jones’ will elevate to new heights in his skillset under the tutelage of the former UFC flyweight champion, bantamweight champion and Olympic gold-medalist in Cejudo?
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