Henry Cejudo defends his UFC title against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249

Ali Abdelaziz shared a warning for Dominick Cruz ahead of the fight against Henry Cejudo at UFC 249.

The Bantamweight Champion is to defend his title against Cruz, but Abdelaziz isn’t concerned about the outcome.

Abdelaziz is the manager of Cejudo and a host of other stars, and recently watched the American in action.

Cejudo is also regarded as one of the best MMA fighters on the current roster, and he isn’t taking things lightly with Cruz.

I was in Arizona for 4 days helping @HenryCejudo showed him some love for his camp , I was a little bit worried about long lay off but I was wrong I never seen somebody do 5 rounds not even breathing hard with different sparring partner every round
Somebody will go to sleep ,

— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) May 1, 2020

Abdelaziz claimed that Cejudo’s five-round training barely troubled the champion. The Egyptian also claimed that Cejudo fought against five different people and Cruz would go down sleeping in their title clash.

Cejudo is a bit of an enigma in the world of MMA. He was a dominant wrestler who picked up Gold in the Olympics and his transition to the Octagon was nearly flawless.

The champion has defeated all comers since picking up this belt, but Cruz could be a different story.

Comeback after comeback

Cruz is returning to Octagon action after nearly three years out. However, he has done that in the past, due to an injury, and even picked up the Bantamweight title.

Chael Sonnen highlighted that this absence from the ring wouldn’t be a problem for Cruz. The 35-year-old last fought in the UFC in 2016 where he lost the Bantamweight title to Cody Garbrandt.

The challenger has a record of 22 wins and two losses in his MMA career. And it will be an interesting clash against Cejudo, to say the least.

Cejudo is a double UFC Champion, one of the selected few to hold this record. However, he gave up the Flyweight title to fight in the Bantamweight division.

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