One Championship’s Demetrious Johnson on Henry Cejudo’s UFC 238 win – ‘I hope they start paying that man’
- Demetrious Johnson happy to see his old rival Henry Cejudo become the ‘champ champ champ’
- ‘What kind of person would I be if I was hating on someone who’s got success?’
If you thought Demetrious Johnson might be bitter about Henry Cejudo’s big bantamweight title win at UFC 238 last weekend, think again.
That proved to be Johnson’s last fight in the UFC before he sealed a blockbuster trade to One Championship – a move Dana White seemed to be happy about.
Cejudo, who gave himself the new nickname “Triple C” for his three championships, certainly feels that way, demanding White pay him “heavyweight money”.
“I’m happy for Henry Cejudo,” Johnson said while answering fan questions during a live stream on his Twitch channel. “I hope they start paying that man. I look forward to seeing what he does next in his career.
“What kind of person would I be if I was hating on someone who’s got success? I want anybody in mixed martial arts, any sport, to succeed and make lots of money and be able to retire.”
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Cejudo beat Marlon Moraes in Chicago via third-round TKO after looking outfought and outthought in the first round by his bigger opponent.
“I thought Henry Cejudo did an amazing job,” said Johnson, who next fights for One in August.
“I fought him two times, obviously the first time I blew the bricks off his a**, the second time he got one over me.
“But the thing I was most surprised about was Marlon Moraes gassing. I was shocked that he gassed.
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And Henry Cejudo took advantage and made it a dogfight. He came out the champion. Henry Cejudo, he’s ‘Triple C’, he’s the ‘champ champ champ’.”
