As MMA continues to go mainstream, an increasing number of UFC fighters are interacting with main Hollywood stars.
Typically it results in cool crossovers that nobody anticipated. Different occasions, issues can get a bit of difficult. Like a number of years in the past when Conor McGregor virtually received right into a combat with rapper MGK at an awards ceremony.
One of many celebrities who not too long ago met the UFC star is Matt Damon, who stays one of many busiest and most revered actors within the movie trade.
The fighter Damon contacted was Henry Cejudo. As MMA followers know, Cejudo is a former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion. He’s additionally a former Olympic medalist in wrestling.
Regardless of Cejudo’s many accolades, Damon did not acknowledge him at first when he handed him. In reality, he appears to have elevated his dimension however utterly ignored him as a result of he was “very small.”
It wasn’t till later that he realized who he was sharing the house with.
Matt Damon recollects assembly former UFC champion Henry Cejudo
Damon appeared on The Joe Rogan Expertise and talked about his interplay with the previous UFC champion. A daily podcast episode in a studio, not on high of an Egyptian pyramid. See beneath.
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“This man walks in and he is sporting what seems to be like chinos, what seems to be like khaki pants, and what seems to be like a blue button-up enterprise shirt with glasses on,” Damon advised Rogan, a longtime UFC commentator. “He is so small and I do not actually care about him. And I am nonetheless listening to this story, after which Patrick says, ‘Matt, have you learnt Henry?’
“Then I circled and it was Henry Cejudo and I believed, this son of a bitch may destroy me proper now. Completely going to destroy me, and he is the form of man a dummy would attempt to woo. You already know what I imply? He isn’t holding himself, he is simply who he’s.”
This is not the primary time a UFC fighter has did not make an impression in mainstream circles not too long ago. Brian Ortega and Mackenzie Dern not too long ago appeared on the Golden Globe Awards, and it was a second that left nearly everybody scratching their heads. Relive that discomfort right here.
