Henry Cejudo Opens Up Forward Of UFC Retirement Combat

Henry Cejudo is returning to the Octagon at UFC 323 … query is, will or not it’s the final combat for arguably essentially the most embellished fight sports activities athlete ever?!

That is what we requested Triple C when he joined the “TMZ Sports activities” TV present (airs nightly on FS1) and livestream (day by day at 1 PM PT) … simply days earlier than 38-year-old Cejudo makes the stroll Saturday evening for his combat towards Payton Talbott.

“Saturday’s my final combat. I have been doing this because the age of 11. Do I nonetheless have it bodily? 100%. However I simply really feel like I have been capable of study loads of new issues in life, and I am simply prepared for the second chapter, man,” Cejudo instructed Babcock.

Cejudo, after all, is one in all solely 11 fighters in UFC historical past to be champion in two divisions. Not like any of these different superb athletes, Henry is the one one who additionally has an Olympic gold medal (in freestyle wrestling).

We additionally requested Cejudo if he is thought in regards to the type of feelings he would possibly really feel on Saturday.

“Not likely. To me, it is simply one other combat,” Cejudo stated, laughing.

“If there’s something that type of got here up, took place, it is just a bit little bit of gratitude, you going via these laborious camps and having coaches and coaching companions sacrifice their time for you, I believe that is the one factor that actually involves thoughts that I am actually feeling, however apart from that bro, it is all enterprise in there.”

As for what he has deliberate for his post-fighting life, this is what Henry instructed us.

“I am gonna be 39 subsequent month. I am 38 now, 38 years younger. I need to benefit from the holidays. I am dabbling in actual property, and a bunch of different stuff. Clearly, the content material with Pound 4 Pound. I am proud of this determination.”

We additionally talked to Triple C in regards to the 7-inch top drawback he’ll face this weekend, if Merab Dvalishvili is the G.O.A.T. bantamweight, and way more.