{"id":327316,"date":"2025-12-04T05:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/henry-cejudo-opens-up-ahead-of-ufc-retirement-fight"},"modified":"2025-12-04T05:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:22:35","slug":"henry-cejudo-opens-up-ahead-of-ufc-retirement-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/henry-cejudo-opens-up-ahead-of-ufc-retirement-fight","title":{"rendered":"Henry Cejudo Opens Up Forward Of UFC Retirement Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Henry Cejudo<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I&#8217;m Retiring After UFC 323!!!<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">&#8230; Triple C Out \u270c\ud83c\udffd<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-12-04T00:30:18-08:00\">December 4, 2025 12:30 AM PST<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"58.124799572421\">\n<section id=\"cb-2a5778f1ec06ea40373d3454d9ddfbd8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-634074de-7d75-4972-808a-a7978d032450-1836388906-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-634074de-7d75-4972-808a-a7978d032450-1836388906-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cejudo\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c8\/16by9\/2025\/12\/03\/c86daef335d94646aeb148eb7140e440_md.jpg\" alt=\"henry-cejudo-kal-12-03-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2a5778f1ec06ea40373d3454d9ddfbd8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9e458df8c20ebe2f2398861dc26bb433\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.754838709677\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/henry-cejudo\/\"><strong>Henry Cejudo<\/strong><\/a> is returning to the Octagon at UFC 323 &#8230; question is, will it be the last fight for arguably the most decorated combat sports athlete ever?!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9e458df8c20ebe2f2398861dc26bb433--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-10d8e3d4ce3816599fa4d0a3ade3e593\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>That&#8217;s what we asked Triple C when he joined the &#8220;<strong>TMZ Sports&#8221; <\/strong>TV show (airs nightly on <strong>FS1<\/strong>) and livestream (daily at 1 PM PT) &#8230; just days before 38-year-old Cejudo makes the walk Saturday night for his fight against <strong>Payton Talbott<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-10d8e3d4ce3816599fa4d0a3ade3e593--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-26d7f67051550af6777568e22bbd0354\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>&#8220;Saturday&#8217;s my last fight. I&#8217;ve been doing this since the age of 11. Do I still have it physically? 100%. But I just feel like I&#8217;ve been able to learn a lot of new things in life, and I&#8217;m just ready for the second chapter, man,&#8221; Cejudo told <strong>Babcock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-26d7f67051550af6777568e22bbd0354--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dea72cc2c1472630f9bf19de62c6bffe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251204_cbd08c955f164c3393bceb7520baee41\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:86e20f6c-0e19-4df6-b651-085293960526\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cb\/4by3\/2025\/12\/04\/cbd08c955f164c3393bceb7520baee41_md.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Cejudo celebrates after his knockout victory over Dominick Cruz getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dea72cc2c1472630f9bf19de62c6bffe--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-feeade6878b79e77a5f14601ab734794\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Cejudo, of course, is one of only 11 fighters in UFC history to be champion in two divisions. Unlike any of those other amazing athletes, Henry is the only one who also has an Olympic gold medal (in freestyle wrestling).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-feeade6878b79e77a5f14601ab734794--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3c19bc33d22ba8ad7d34322d2d23f866\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>We also asked Cejudo if he&#8217;s thought about the kind of emotions he might feel on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3c19bc33d22ba8ad7d34322d2d23f866--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-05655ed22c7aa6fcaa0cb02660be7725\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;Not really. To me, it&#8217;s just another fight,&#8221; Cejudo said, laughing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-05655ed22c7aa6fcaa0cb02660be7725--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-05836c3928cd720529ba55abbb38eb80\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"36\">\n<p>&#8220;If there&#8217;s anything that kind of came up, came about, it&#8217;s just a little bit of gratitude, you going through these hard camps and having coaches and training partners sacrifice their time for you, I think that&#8217;s the only thing that really comes to mind that I&#8217;m really feeling, but other than that bro, it&#8217;s all business in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-05836c3928cd720529ba55abbb38eb80--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-74f381b1632f1d8c163977ae6bb75d17\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-74f381b1632f1d8c163977ae6bb75d17--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fb9dbfa2b072f9bfa6aad5aefe975cf7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>As for what he has planned for his post-fighting life, here&#8217;s what Henry told us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fb9dbfa2b072f9bfa6aad5aefe975cf7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cc849242531b4fe8355f2208323d93c7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna be 39 next month. I&#8217;m 38 now, 38 years young. I want to enjoy the holidays. I&#8217;m dabbling in real estate, and a bunch of other stuff. Obviously, the content with Pound 4 Pound. I&#8217;m happy with this decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cc849242531b4fe8355f2208323d93c7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-26f970898ada220d3c3a17966d5d3a76\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>We also talked to Triple C about the 7-inch height disadvantage he&#8217;ll face this weekend, if <strong>Merab Dvalishvili<\/strong> is the G.O.A.T. bantamweight, and much more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-26f970898ada220d3c3a17966d5d3a76--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3cade9cf2a73f43deb3b17ed1f3e8ca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Check out the full interview!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3cade9cf2a73f43deb3b17ed1f3e8ca--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/04\/henry-cejudo-ufc-retirement-fight\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Cejudo I&#8217;m Retiring After UFC 323!!! &#8230; Triple C Out \u270c\ud83c\udffd Published December 4, 2025 12:30 AM PST Play video content TMZSports.com Henry Cejudo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3810,3806,3807,37,3811,3809,3808,387,3812,3805],"class_list":["post-327316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-cejudo","tag-fight-sports-activities-athlete","tag-henry-cejudo","tag-human-interest","tag-in-ufc","tag-merab-dvalishvili","tag-payton-talbott","tag-tmz","tag-ufc-238","tag-xtreme-fs1-headphone-headset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327318,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327316\/revisions\/327318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}