“This is why he ain’t give your stupid a** the microphone” – Henry Cejudo’s U-turn on retirement has fans siding with Dana White’s decision to snub fighter at UFC 298

Henry Cejudo takes his word back on retirement and announced he would continue to fight.

“This is why he ain’t give your stupid a** the microphone” – Henry Cejudo’s U-turn on retirement has fans siding with Dana White’s decision to snub fighter at UFC 298

Henry Cejudo proves Dana White's decision correct by taking back his words on retirement (via Imago)

Henry Cejudo recently lost his fight with Merab Dvalishvili in a potential title eliminator at UFC 298. Before the fight, ‘Triple C’ promised retirement if he didn’t succeed. As such, Cejudo walked out of the octagon with gloves removed, hinting at retirement. While many fighters have a retirement speech in the octagon, the UFC didn’t give him the opportunity. Apparently, UFC CEO Dana White made the decision. Now, Cejudo ruled out retiring and promised to fight again soon.

Henry Cejudo addressed his future in the sport via his YouTube channel. He played a movie scene from The Wolf of Wall Street to announce he wasn’t retiring. As such, he intended to compete again sometime this year. This came as a shocker to the MMA community as the former champion was believed to retire surely.

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During the post-fight press conference, Dana White spoke about the UFC denying Henry Cejudo mic time. He stated Merab Dvalishvili earned his career-best victory and disapproved of Cejudo distracting the spotlight from him. Further, he bashed Cejudo for already retiring in 2020. ‘Triple C’ retired soon after winning the second belt against Dominic Cruz at UFC 249.

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After years, Henry Cejudo returned to MMA to chase more glory. However, it didn’t go as planned, and now Triple C has two losses to his name. However, he wasn’t going anywhere. The former double champion still wanted to compete and indicated he would fight later this year.

Fans react to Henry Cejudo not retiring despite losing at UFC 298

Henry Cejudo is one of the best combat athletes of all time. As such, he retired on top in 2020 after attaining double champion status. However, he returned to MMA last year and wanted to regain the UFC gold. But, now, he has lost his two fights since his return. As such, he was to retire after losing to Merab Dvalishvili in UFC 298. But, he has changed his mind and took back his words of retiring.

Fans react to Dana White's decision aging well after Henry Cejudo is not retiring
Fans react to Dana White’s decision aging well after Henry Cejudo is not retiring (Via MMA Mania/Sports Illustrated)

This received huge reactions from the MMA fans. Firstly, they pointed out Dana White’s decision not to hand over the mic to Henry Cejudo for his retirement speech. If it happened, this U-turn on retirement could’ve backfired majorly for Triple C. Anyway, here are some interesting fan reactions:

Fight fans trolled Henry Cejudo for being fickle-minded. As such, they sided with UFC CEO Dana White to not give him any spotlight in UFC 298. A few were concerned about Cejudo’s legacy and even claimed he shouldn’t have come out of retirement in the first place. But, the former champion feels he has more to give to the game. As such, he eyed to return to the octagon later this year.

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