UFC Corridor of Famer Urijah Faber needs to spoil Henry Cejudo’s Actual American Freestyle debut.
Faber and Cejudo will lock horns in the primary occasion of RAF 06 on February 28 on the Mullett Area of Arizona State College in Tempe, Arizona, and “The California Child” is assured that he can rating a win over a high-caliber wrestler like Cejudo.
“Triple C” captured Olympic gold on the 2008 Summer time Olympics [men’s freestyle 55 kg category]. Aside from that, as a senior freestyle wrestler, he has main titles below his belt. Cejudo is a multiple-time Pan American Championships gold medalist and a U.S. nationwide champion. He additionally received a gold medal in wrestling on the 2007 Pan American Video games.
The previous UFC double champ determined to hold up his gloves final 12 months at UFC 323, the place he misplaced to Payton Talbott by determination.
Now, Cejudo is returning to his wrestling roots and can face Urijah Faber, who was an NCAA wrestler.
Urijah Faber’s final UFC bout was in 2019 towards Petr Yan, which he misplaced by knockout in Spherical 3. Nevertheless, from 2021 to 2024, Faber saved himself busy by competing in a number of grappling, fight jiu-jitsu, and wrestling matches. In his final grappling bout, Faber confronted Bibiano Fernandes at ADXC 5 on August 3, 2024, and received by determination.
Urijah Faber plans to spoil Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo’s wrestling return: “I’m trying to win”
Forward of the RAF 06 showdown with the healthful Olympic champion, Urijah Faber spoke to MMA Junkie. Faber believes defeating an Olympic gold medalist like Cejudo can be a serious addition to his resume. He stated:
“The way in which I see it’s I’m getting a bye to the Olympic finals. As a man that wants some nice excuses and goes to be delusional, I’ve acquired all types of explanation why I’m going to defeat the Olympic gold medalist… First off, Henry Cejudo… that man was working his bu*t off. He was, ‘What do I’ve to do to be an Olympic champion?’… And that was a very long time in the past, you realize, and I haven’t been a person possessed in a very long time. I don’t really feel like he has been both.”
He added that he could have a dimension benefit over “Triple C” at RAF 06:
“He is also an Olympic gold medalist at 121 kilos, which, you realize, I don’t know many guys which are 121 kilos. Fairly small. So I believe I’ve acquired a dimension benefit on that entrance. He simply competed at 135 kilos. I simply competed at 160 kilos this final weekend and had a variety of enjoyable… I used to be a man that acquired my bu*t whooped by guys like Henry Cejudo, T.J. Dillashaw, Cody Garbrandt, Joseph Benavidez, and Chad Mendes, and the checklist goes on and on after I began wrestling. I began wrestling after I was 13, I didn’t begin after I was 4, 5, six years outdated with nice coaches and competing.”
Lastly, Urijah Faber opined that he’s assured, as he has enough expertise as a mixed-media artist to get previous Cejudo, earlier than including:
“I imagine in myself. I’m trying ahead to 3 laborious two-minute rounds with 30 seconds remainder of attempting to get an Olympic medal in my resume. And that’s the best way I’m it. So I’m excited to go towards a man like Henry Cejudo. I’ve a variety of respect for Henry. I like him as a competitor. I like every part about Henry. I like his corky character. I like how he doesn’t care what folks assume. I like how he walks to the beat of his personal drum, and I respect him so much as a competitor and as a wrestler, however I’m trying to win.”
Try Urijah Faber’s feedback beneath (6:10):
