“They don’t want it”- Henry Cejudo throws a dirty accusation at Dana White


“They don’t want it”- Henry Cejudo throws a dirty accusation at Dana White

Dana White and Henry Cejudo

At UFC 273, Alexander Volkanovski will defend his featherweight championship belt against Chan Sung Jung. The fight was originally going to take place at UFC 272 as the trilogy fight between Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski. Unfortunately, Holloway had pulled out his name from the fight after an old injury of his started creating problems for the fighters. The UFC then chose Sung Jung as a replacement fighter as the featherweight contender. The Korean Zombie defeated Dan Ige in his last octagon appearance and is currently #4 in the featherweight rankings. It was pretty obvious for the promotion to go for the fighter as he was next in the line.

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Before the fight between Zombie and Volkanovski was finalized, Henry Cejudo was all out in promoting himself to be considered as the new challenger for Volkanovski. The former UFC superstar contacted UFC and Dana White through his manager and showed interest in moving up to featherweight and fighting for the title. Cejudo looked serious and did his level best to get the title shot but was completely snubbed by the promotion. According to White, for Cejudo to return to the sport after two long years, move up a division, and challenge for the title is very silly and impossible to happen. 

Henry Cejudo claims Dana White doesn’t want him to be the triple division champion 

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Henry Cejudo, Dana White

Henry Cejudo recently was in a collaborative video with The Schmo on their mutual YouTube channel. In the video, Henry Cejudo slams the UFC for not showing any interest in him and his offer. The fighter revealed that after putting the whole gimmick aside he is just a very competitive individual and wants to go all out to make history. Triple C believes that if given an opportunity he can defeat Volkanovski and become the first-ever UFC three-division champion. 

According to Cejudo, the UFC and Dana White are very scared, or else they would have allowed Volkanovski to fight and shut him down. The fighter tried a lot from his side but didn’t get any success till now.They don’t want it and I’m just sick and tired of trolling Volkanovski,” said Cejudo. The double champ explained that he is helpless and the UFC has the monopoly and they control everything. “That’s the way it is and there’s really nothing you can do about it,” said Cejudo.

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It seems like the major reason for Dana White and UFC not accepting the offer made by Triple C is the lack of ability of the fighter to be a great draw for the PPV. The situation of Cejudo is very similar to GSP when the Canadian made a return to the sport after four years and directly fought for the middleweight title. So, White saying that him being retired before two years is the reason is hard to believe.

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