Dana: Cejudo needs to defend Flyweight belt or vacate

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“Right now, we have some things playing out at 135 pounds. What we’d like to see Cejudo do is defend his title against [Joseph] Benavidez,” UFC president Dana White said on Tuesday night following the latest installment of the Contender Series. “Benavidez is ready.

“It’s the right thing to do. If he can’t, then he needs to give up one of the belts.”

Cejudo dubbed himself ‘Triple C’ after claiming championships at both bantamweight and flyweight, which complimented the gold medal he won at the 2008 Olympics.

He’s continued calling himself by that nickname ever since but if Cejudo wants to maintain his triple championship status, he’s going to have to face the last fighter to hand him a defeat or risk one of his belts being stripped away.

Cejudo last defended the flyweight belt back in January when he demolished T.J. Dillashaw in just 32 seconds.

“He needs to defend that [flyweight] title,” White said. “First of all, we’re playing some things out to see who’s going to be the next challenger at 35.

“Benavidez is ready to go. He deserves it and he’s got a win over Cejudo.”

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/8/...fend-flyweight-title-next-or-give-up-the-belt
 
Benavidez deserves the shot as soon as possible. If Henry can't fight often enough to try and defend both then he should give one of them up. It's a shame Dana can't be consistent with this stuff though.
 
In before thread becomes about someone else....
 
Cool.

It's fair that he's treating him the same way that he treated sucker bitch ass cry baby Conor.
 
could Henry's ride on the world's tiniest roller coaster be coming to an end?

actually, who cares, lol midget fights
 
Cejudo defending the flyweight belt next is definitely the right move plus it'll help move the line along so Deiveson Figueiredo can eventually get his shot.
 
The champ champ thing is tough due to scheduling alone.

Then you factor in the changes that someone's body might go through when changing weight classes.

But to be fair though, he last fought at FLW in January which wasn't that long ago. He should probably fight Joe B next.
 
lmao he's probably still pushing for that fight with Faber.
 
Having two belts is cool and great for legacy... but sucks because you will hold up one of those divisions... Also, Triple C seems to be the only reason the 125 division is still around so could be a lose - lose for Flyweight.
 
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