Who’s prepared for one more battle week stuffed with cringe?
Former Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Flyweight and Bantamweight champion, Henry Cejudo, remains to be in pursuit of a fourth piece of gold. The Olympic gold medalist wrestler will try to rebound for under the third time in his 19-fight profession (16-3) when he faces Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 298 this weekend (Sat., Feb. 17, 2024).
Cejudo, 37, has made headlines for the fallacious causes this week as he seemingly fired his longtime head coach, Eric Albaraccin, in entrance of cameras on the Countdown episode for UFC 298. Nicely, it was all a prank from “Triple C” and firm. Cejudo posted a video that may be seen within the participant above, revealing his shenanigans alongside Albaraccin.
The match up between Cejudo and Dvalishvili is a pivotal one inside the Bantamweight division. A win for both man may very well be greater than sufficient to get them a crack on the winner of the upcoming title tilt between the champion, Sean O’Malley, and challenger, Marlon “Chito” Vera, at UFC 299 subsequent month (March 9, 2024).
Whereas Dvalishvili presently rides a divisional file of 9 straight wins, Cejudo final took on “The Machine’s” greatest pal and teammate, Aljamain Sterling, who was the champion on the time of their UFC 288 title battle in Could 2023. Cejudo got here up brief through a hard-fought cut up resolution.
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