Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo rediscovered his thirst for competitors simply weeks after hanging up the MMA gloves.
Henry Cejudo introduced his retirement from UFC preventing after a unanimous determination defeat to Payton Talbott at UFC 323 earlier this month. After a four-fight shedding streak contained in the cage, Cejudo opted to hold up the gloves and put an finish to the second chapter of his UFC profession.
Cejudo is undoubtedly one of many best fight sports activities athletes of all time. Earlier than he made the full-time transition to MMA, Cejudo made himself right into a star on the Olympic wrestling mats, successful a gold medal in 2008.
Many fight sports activities legends, together with Cejudo, have admitted to struggling within the preliminary phases of their retirements. After only a few weeks of day without work, it seems Cejudo gained’t want to attend lengthy to compete in one other competitors.
Henry Cejudo set to comply with Arman Tsarukyan and Bo Nickal’s footsteps in rising promotion
Actual American Freestyle introduced earlier this week that Cejudo will headline RAF 6 on February twenty eighth in Tempe, Arizona. Cejudo’s opponent for the upcoming occasion is anticipated to be finalized and introduced within the coming weeks, and the competitors can be streamed stay on FOX Nation.
This will even mark Cejudo’s first wrestling competitors since April 2015, when the Olympic gold medalist misplaced to Tony Ramos in a freestyle match in Iowa. Cejudo has amassed a 42-11 freestyle wrestling file.
Notable MMA fighters like Bo Nickal and Michael Chandler have competed within the upstart RAF promotion in latest months. RAF 5 on January tenth can be headlined by a matchup between former UFC titleholders Colby Covington and Luke Rockhold.
2026 can be an enormous 12 months for RAF because the promotion appears to proceed on its optimistic momentum from 2025. Count on loads of notable names on the present UFC roster to compete in between combat camps.
