Henry Cejudo is experiencing double imaginative and prescient after a foul eye poke compelled a untimely finish to his UFC Seattle major occasion conflict with Song Yadong this Saturday, and he desires a rematch.
Cejudo was poked within the eye with 80 seconds left within the third spherical and used the five-minute break to get well. He determined to renew preventing, however advised referee Jason Herzog “I can’t f*cking see” as soon as the spherical ended.
The physician stopped the bout firstly of Roun 4 to go to a technical determination and Music was awarded the victory.
“We needed to complete the struggle, man,” Cejudo mentioned on a video posted on social media. “Clearly I received poked within the eye with two rattling fingers. And sometimes like once I get poked, I’m good. The identical motive why I used to be smiling or whatnot, however after these 5 minutes had been up, I nonetheless couldn’t see something. Or it’s not that I couldn’t see something, I used to be seeing double.”
The previous two-division UFC champion admitted he initially thought he might get well and proceed preventing, however his imaginative and prescient by no means went again to regular. Cejudo mentioned he was handed a 30-day suspension by the native athletic fee after the principle occasion bout, and can see a specialist on Sunday to hopefully be “f*cking regular” once more. As for Herzog’s handing of the scenario, Cejudo feels Music ought to have been deducted some extent for his foul, which might have made the outcome a majority draw.
“And it’s unlucky, dude,” Cejudo mentioned. “Did Music do it deliberately? No. However ought to there be some extent deducted? A hundred percent, man. I feel it’s like basketball, the place there’s technical fouls. For those who journey, it’s nonetheless technical. I simply hope that the UFC might perhaps permit replays for issues like that after which the referee can decide whether or not if it wasn’t intentional or not.
“As a fighter, one of many first issues that the referee says once they go within the again is like, you can not stick your fingers out like that. And I feel the warnings are already set earlier than the struggle. I ultimately received f*cking poked with two fingers. … I’m like, perhaps I can tough this out, however then Music got here and he received that 5 minute break and I’m similar to, man, I noticed 4 arms, dude. It’s unlucky.”
“I feel there’s numerous issues that perhaps we might do,” he continued. “And it’s not Music’s fault. I’m not pissed at him. However I’ll say this for Jason Herzog. I’m curious to speak to you, man. I received kicked within the balls a few instances, after which eye-poked. Bro, one thing needs to be carried out. And I feel as referees, too, we might additionally study. However I additionally assume for the UFC, perhaps there needs to be one thing the place the referee is ready to see the replay and say, all proper, man, there’s one, even when it wasn’t intentional, it’s nonetheless carried out. You continue to can’t do that. Apparently I couldn’t see no extra, so apparently when the spherical began Music was nonetheless — I nonetheless can’t see it, however they’re telling me he was sort of like a zombie along with his fingers out. It’s so unlucky, man.”
UFC CEO Dana White mentioned on the post-fight press convention he wasn’t interested in booking an immediate rematch between the bantamweights, which Cejudo begs him to rethink.
“Dana White, I do know you mentioned that you just’re not focused on that rematch. Dude, let’s run it again,” Cejudo mentioned. “There have been nonetheless two rounds left. The tempo was selecting up. He was damage. Take a look at my face, take a look at his face. Dude, we’re scrapping. I feel we should always run it again. Dana, I respect you, I hope we might run this again.”
Watch Cejudo’s video assertion under.
