Henry Cejudo wouldn’t guess the home on Movsar Evloev getting the subsequent UFC featherweight title shot.
For a lot of inside the MMA neighborhood, Evloev has been the rightful No. 1 contender since his late 2024 victory over Aljamain Sterling. As a substitute, Evloev didn’t struggle all of 2025. He lastly returned to motion at UFC London on March 21, defeating Lerone Murphy by way of majority determination.
Regardless of the victory, UFC CEO Dana White nonetheless didn’t decide to Evloev getting the subsequent crack at 145-pound gold. Whereas White did say Evloev is in a great place, Cejudo isn’t precisely offered.
Throughout a current version of the “Pound 4 Pound” podcast, Cejudo instructed Kamaru Usman that he doesn’t imagine Evloev is locked in as Alexander Volkanovski’s subsequent challenger (by way of MMAJunkie).
“I don’t really feel like Dana White is satisfied that he’s going to provide this man the title shot, as a result of if not, he would have been like, ‘Evloev is subsequent – he’s received it,’” Cejudo mentioned. “You understand how when Dana White didn’t like Merab (Dvalishvili) for a minute after which Merab f*cking put it on me? And what he say proper after the struggle?
“He mentioned, ‘Merab’s received the subsequent title shot. I can not deny this child no extra.’ Whenever you don’t get that reply from Dana White, it makes it much more tough although. And the one purpose why I do say that, too, is as a result of they flew out Jean Silva. In line with Jean Silva, I’m quoting him, that Hunter Campbell flew him out. When he introduced the contract, gave it to Dana White, mentioned, ‘Hey, Dana White, signal this.’”
As Cejudo talked about, Jean Silva has been adamant about receiving the subsequent crack on the featherweight title. Whereas Silva was stopped by Diego Lopes, who was defeated twice by Volkanovski, “Lord” believes he brings the thrill that UFC matchmakers are on the lookout for in 2026.
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