UFC Corridor of Famer Urijah Faber needs to break Henry Cejudo’s Actual American Freestyle debut.
Faber and Cejudo are set to lock horns in the principle occasion of RAF 06 on February twenty eighth at Arizona State College’s Mallett Area in Tempe, Arizona, and “California Child” is assured he can defeat a proficient wrestler like Cejudo.
‘Triple C’ gained the gold medal on the 2008 Summer season Olympics (males’s freestyle 55 kg). Aside from that, he has main titles as a senior freestyle wrestler. Cejudo is a a number of gold medalist on the Pan American Championships and a U.S. Nationwide Champion. He additionally gained a gold medal in wrestling on the 2007 Pan American Video games.
The previous two-time UFC champion determined to hold up his gloves after dropping a call to Peyton Talbot at UFC 323 final 12 months.
Now, Cejudo is returning to his wrestling roots and can face former NCAA wrestler Urijah Faber.
Urijah Faber’s final UFC struggle was in 2019 towards Petr Yan, the place he misplaced by knockout in spherical 3. Nonetheless, from 2021 to 2024, Faber saved busy competing in a number of grappling, grappling jiu-jitsu, and wrestling matches. In his final grappling match, Faber confronted Bibiano Fernandez at ADXC 5 on August 3, 2024, successful by determination.
Urijah Faber plans to spoil Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo’s wrestling return: ‘I need to win’
Urijah Faber spoke to MMA Junkie forward of his RAF 06 showdown with a wholesome Olympic champion. Faber believes defeating an Olympic gold medalist like Cejudo could be an enormous increase to his resume. he mentioned:
“The way in which I have a look at it’s I am a bye within the Olympic finals. As a man who wants huge excuses and is vulnerable to delusions, there are lots of the explanation why I might beat an Olympic gold medalist…To start with, Henry Cejudo…that man tried so laborious. He was like, “What do I’ve to do to change into an Olympic champion?”…And that was a very long time in the past, you recognize, once I wasn’t a person.” I do not really feel like I used to be obsessive about him for a very long time both. ”
He added that the RAF 06 had a dimension benefit over the ‘Triple C’.
“He is additionally an Olympic gold medalist at 121 kilos. You realize, I do not know many guys at 121 kilos. He is fairly small. So I believe I’ve a dimension benefit in that regard. He fought at 135 kilos, I fought at 160 kilos final weekend. I simply did it and it was lots of enjoyable…I used to be the man who bought his ass kicked by guys like Henry Cejudo, TJ Dillashaw, Cody Garbrandt, Joseph Benavidez, Chad Mendes, and the checklist goes on and on once I began wrestling. I began wrestling once I was 13 years previous, not once I was 4, 5, or 6 years previous, once I had nice coaches and competed. ”
Lastly, Yuliya Faber said that she is assured as she has sufficient expertise to surpass Cejudo as a blended media artist, including:
“I imagine in myself. I am trying ahead to doing three grueling two-minute rounds with 30 seconds left to try to get an Olympic medal. That is the way in which I believe. So I am excited to play towards a man like Henry Cejudo. I’ve lots of respect for Henry. The competitors. I really like him as an opponent. I really like every little thing about Henry. I really like how he does not care about folks. I really like the way in which he walks to the beat of his personal drum, and I actually respect him as a competitor and a wrestler, however I need to win. ”
Take a look at Urijah Faber’s feedback beneath (6:10):
