“I haven’t thought about a hit list exactly right, but yeah, Henry Cejudo on it,” says T.J. Dillashaw as he wants to take revenge on Cejudo
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The former UFC Bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw is finally making his comeback inside the Octagon after being suspended for two years by USADA. Dillashaw’s suspension ended this year and he is eying to regain the title he never lost.
‘Lieutenant Dan’ knows he has bigger fish to fry in the Bantamweight division but one fight that he wants in the near future is against Henry Cejudo. ‘Triple C’ knocked out Dillashaw in the very first round at their previous encounter.
Dillashaw believes that Cejudo gets lucky at that time and he is eager to run things back with him. In his latest Podcast with Mike Swick, Dillashaw says, “I haven’t thought about a hit list exactly right, but yeah, Henry Cejudo on it,”
“Just you saying his name it’s like, ‘Oh god,’ you know? ‘The King of Cringe’ did a good job of being cringy. It’s one of those fights that I was so much better going into that fight — won’t take anything away from him though. I think he’s an amazing athlete for winning an Olympic gold medal.”
“I give him more credit for being an Olympic gold medalist than I do winning a UFC championship and that’s something because I’ve wrestled my whole life, that is quite amazing. But I’m so much of a better fighter than him — well-rounded wise.”
Dillashaw wants to grab the belt again first and foremost
Although Dillashaw wants his revenge the first thing he has on his mind is to grab the title back. ‘Lieutenant Dan’ added, “The way that his Cejudo’s career worked out and the way that he stepped away from it was just like, he got so lucky. So that’s a fight that I want back because I don’t think he’s as good as he thinks he is, so that’s for sure on my hit list.”
“First and foremost, the hit list for me is just getting my belt back. Whatever path I have to take to get there, if it’s fighting all the guys in the top-five first, if it’s going straight to the belt, and then making sure I defend it and make a statement.”
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