Former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo believes Dana White must take vital steps to reform penalties for eye pokes.
Henry Cejudo will take his closing stroll into the Octagon this Saturday at UFC 323 in Las Vegas. Win or lose, the previous UFC two-division champion will name it a profession after his subsequent battle with Peyton Talbot.
UFC 323 can be Cejudo’s first battle since dropping a technical choice to Track Yadong at UFC Seattle earlier this yr. After the second spherical, Cejudo was deemed unable to proceed because of a number of unintended eye pokes from Yadon within the earlier spherical.
The incident that caught Cejudo within the eye wasn’t probably the most high-profile incident of the yr. UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall’s bout at UFC 321 got here to an abrupt finish after a double-eye punch simply minutes into the bout.
UFC CEO Dana White has repeatedly rejected requires main adjustments in how officers deal with violations corresponding to eye pokes. Cejudo is changing into extra vocal about his eye pokes forward of his retirement battle.
Henry Cejudo asks Dana White to ‘man up’ on UFC eye poke
Throughout a latest media scrum, Cejudo was requested concerning the UFC’s response to the elevated frequency of eye pokes throughout matches.
“I feel everybody must be prepared,” Cejudo stated.
“Dana White, the Nevada Athletic Fee, the referees, and simply, AF—- decide, dude. It sucks. In case you get warned within the again, okay, I will begin getting warnings. I will begin stabbing you within the eye, too. I bought warned. All of us want to face up and step up and make this official.”
“Hey, somebody might lose a watch, Bisping. I imply, what number of…these guys are deformed for all times, dude. That sucks. You already know what I am saying?” Cejudo continued. “It is horrible, one, that this occurred to me, and two, Bethe Correira, there are such a lot of individuals with eye issues that you do not know about.”h/t MMA Martial Arts)
