Rising UFC bantamweight contender Peyton Talbot obtained career-changing recommendation earlier than his struggle from an unlikely supply: Henry Cejudo.
Peyton Talbot might be former UFC champion Henry Cejudo’s ultimate profession opponent this Saturday at UFC 323. Cejudo mentioned UFC 323 might be his final look within the Octagon as he prepares to place a dramatic finish to his illustrious martial arts profession.
Cejudo, who received UFC titles at flyweight and bantamweight early in his profession, is trying to safe one final memorable second contained in the cage earlier than hanging up his gloves. He is in search of his first win since ending his multi-year retirement at UFC 288.
Just a few months earlier than Talbot and Cejudo confronted off, Cejudo briefly coached Talbot and gave him nice recommendation on the best way to shield his life and profession.
Peyton Talbot displays on the recommendation he obtained from Henry Cejudo earlier than UFC 323
in a current interview blended martial arts martial artsTalbot shared a long-standing friendship along with his future rival.
“He gave me a whole lot of career-changing recommendation and tried to teach me fairly a bit since I used to be imagined to retire after (the Merab Dvalishvili struggle),” Talbot mentioned. “So we knew we weren’t going to struggle one another, and right here we’re!
“He gave me a whole lot of (recommendation), not very particular, however about the best way to construction your camp to imitate competitors, by way of what your thoughts and physique can endure. How necessary it’s to have security outdoors of combating. I all the time knew that, however he all the time lived his life primarily based on long-term safety, monetary safety. He appeared very adamant about it.”
“To essentially know, somebody wants to speak about it and somebody must see it,” Talbot continued. “And now I am within the place the place he was making an attempt to do the proper factor on my behalf, and he was proper!”
Cejudo’s most up-to-date win got here towards Dominick Cruz at UFC 249. In the meantime, Talbot seems to proceed his rise to stardom after defeating Felipe Lima at UFC 317.
