Henry Cejudo wasn’t going to wager on Movsar Evloev successful the subsequent UFC featherweight title.
For a lot of inside the MMA group, Evloev has been a official No. 1 contender since his win over Aljamain Sterling in late 2024. As a substitute, Evloev didn’t combat for the whole lot of 2025. He lastly returned to motion at UFC London on March 21, defeating Lerone Murphy by majority choice.
Regardless of the win, UFC CEO Dana White nonetheless would not decide to Evloev getting one other crack at 145 kilos of cash. White mentioned Evloev is in a great place, however Cejudo is not essentially bought.
Throughout a current “Pound 4 Pound” podcast, Cejudo advised Kamaru Usman that he would not suppose Evloev is locked in as Alexander Volkanovski’s subsequent challenger (by way of MMAJunkie).
“I do not suppose Dana White is satisfied that he’ll give this man a title probability. If he wasn’t, he would have thought, ‘Evloev is subsequent — he acquired it,'” Cejudo mentioned. “You recognize when Dana White did not like Merab (Dvalishvili) for a second, after which Merab pushed it on me? And what did he say proper after the combat?
“He mentioned, ‘Merab has one other title shot. You may’t deny this child any extra.'” But when you aren’t getting that reply from Dana White, the issue turns into much more troublesome. And the one motive I say that’s as a result of they launched Jean Silva. To cite Jean Silva, Hunter Campbell kicked him out. He introduced the contract and gave it to Dana White and mentioned, “Hey, Dana White, signal this.”
As Cejudo talked about, Jean Silva was adamant about getting one other crack on the featherweight title. Silva was stopped by Diego Lopez, who misplaced to Volkanovski twice, however “Lord” believes he can carry the thrill the 2026 UFC matchmakers are on the lookout for.
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