Henry Cejudo: “You guys can witness a damn assassination” At UFC Seattle

Former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo will step back into the cage against Song Yadong at UFC Seattle on Feb 22.

Never one to sandbag when it comes to combat sports Cejudo will take on the 8th ranked Song Yadong in the main event.

“You guys can witness a damn assassination man. You guys are going to witness a live assassination. Song Yadong you ain’t that long,” Cejudo told Cageside Press.

Cejudo’s camp headquarters has been in Scottsdale, Arizona at Fight Ready where he has been preparing for battle. That remains the same for this camp as he prepares for his main event fight in Seattle.

“Camp has been good man. Different training regimens and adding science stuff to help out my cardio and doing my best to stay injury free,” he said.

‘Triple C’ has been quite busy outside of the octagon in 2024 building up his beloved podcast “Pound 4 Pound” with his co-host Kamaru Usman. Cejudo and Usman have been able to grow exponentially getting some of the biggest names in combat sports and the sports world in general.

“Besides Kamaru Usman being on Nigerian time it was a hell of a podcast man. We had Canelo Alvarez, Shaquille O’Neal, Dana White, GSP, Terrance Crawford. We’re super stoked with everyone we have had on and this year is going to bring in other heavy hitters as well. We have Tom Brady coming in the first quarter of this year and we’re just trying to give back to the fans,” said Cejudo.

In a world where opportunities are there to be seized, certainly for someone like Cejudo, a dream scenario with gold at the end of it seems to be possible for the former champ-champ. Would he return to the flyweight division to challenge champion, and former student Alexandre Pantoja, for the title?

The coach vs. the student would be a hell of a tag line for the fight.

“Sometimes you gotta show the student what you have taught them,” Cejudo said. “It’s a possibility man, Something I have been thinking about for awhile now. If it happens it has to happen now because I’m turning 38 but I still feel good man.”

Cejudo also stated in the sit down with Cageside Press that if Pantoja didn’t want to fight him he would respect that due to how close they are.

“I love Pantoja man. I don’t thing there is better human on this earth I admire his heart. If Pantoja didn’t want to fight I probably wouldn’t it’s to that extent. He’s welcomed all challenges and said it would be an honor to fight me so we will see what happens,” he said.

A self-described “Thick boy” Cejudo admitted that 125 is a very tough cut, but if he could make the cut, he could make things interesting at flyweight.

He just has to let the “Burrato murratos” go as fellow former champ Khabib Nurmagomedov suggested.

“I am dude! No more Burritos or none of that and to be honest dude the UFC can do me a favor for what I did for them knocking out a dude on EPO in 32 seconds,” said Cejudo.

Cejudo is as highly decorated as they come. Multiple wrestling titles, including an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in 2008, and two UFC titles in two different divisions make him a shoe-in for the UFC Hall Of Fame when it’s all wrapped up.

With that kind of resume Cejudo’s motivations for continuing the journey are personal and close to his heart.

“Honestly dude I have done everything dude. My family, entertaining the fans, creating storylines and if I was worth 40 million to like Khabib I probably wouldn’t do this either. It’s tad bits of everything dude and I want to leave this sport on top,” he said.

Fully focused on his upcoming fight against Song in Seattle, and the chance at getting into the mix at two weight classes, Cejudo will attempt to show he has what it takes to get back on top.

Time will tell if Cejudo can turn back the clock and show that he can still be a prime Triple C.

“Song doesn’t have that long dong that you guys think he does and that he’s gonna bend the knee and everybody watching should also bend a knee to KING TRIPLE C,” he said.

Watch the full interview with Henry Cejudo above.