{"id":252245,"date":"2025-10-31T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/252245\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:08:11","slug":"cejudo-ranks-cejudo-ahead-of-khabib-he-hasnt-done-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/252245\/","title":{"rendered":"Cejudo ranks Cejudo ahead of Khabib: \u2018He hasn\u2019t done enough\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In a recent conversation on his Pound 4 Pound podcast, Cejudo argued that he\u2019s ahead of Khabib on the all-timers list, despite Khabib\u2019s impeccable 29-0 record (compared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/2\/21\/24369705\/henry-cejudo-complicated-combat-legacy-ufc-seattle-song-yadong-espn-mma-flyweight-olympics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to Henry\u2019s 16-5).<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHe has not done enough,\u201d Cejudo argued. \u201cI\u2019ve told this to Khabib. I don\u2019t want to fight with the dude, but I remember we had a really heated conversation between us. Because I don\u2019t put Khabib in front of me. I really don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cejudo is a 2008 Olympic gold medalist in wrestling and peaked in 2019 when he moved up from being flyweight champion to capture the vacant bantamweight champion. He\u2019d defend the 135 pound belt once before retiring for three years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/5\/20\/24160709\/fans-lament-disgusting-downfall-henry-cejudo-begging-fight-apex-against-rob-font-ufc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He\u2019s gone 0-3<\/a> since returning in 2023 and plans to retire after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-announcements\/395826\/henry-cejudo-books-retirement-fight-against-payton-talbott-top-prospect-ufc-323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fighting Payton Talbot at UFC 323,<\/a> but still believes his accomplishments outshine Nurmagomedov\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIf Khabib would have went up a couple of weight classes, with what he\u2019s done, then yeah, you would have to [rank him higher], in the fashion that he\u2019s done it,\u201d Cejudo said. \u201cIf he could have done a little bit more, I truly do believe that Khabib would be \u2026 he would do some amazing things. I think he could, stylistically, win a title at 185 pounds, even being a 155er.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cejudo went so far as to argue that Khabib could have beaten Alex Pereira at 185 pounds. That being said, he then added that Pereira has the better resume since he\u2019s captured gold in two different weight classes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This just shows you how much stock everyone puts in fighters earning championships in multiple divisions. It\u2019s why every UFC champion these days is looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/4\/23\/24138642\/islam-makhachev-ufc-has-to-give-me-chance-for-the-second-belt-i-already-beat-all-these-guys-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">move up,<\/a> down, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/396429\/ilia-topuria-definitely-move-up-beat-alex-pereira-historic-third-title-islam-win-ufc-322\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">up twice<\/a> rather than defend the championship. You can have a perfect record. You can defend more than anyone else. But to many fans and fighters, few accomplishments beat a second belt in another weight class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a recent conversation on his Pound 4 Pound podcast, Cejudo argued that he\u2019s ahead of Khabib on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-252245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}