FBI Director Kash Patel has congratulated former UFC doubles champion Henry Cejudo on his UFC retirement. Last weekend, Cejudo entered into a conversation with the young and dangerous Payton Talbott during UFC 323.
After fifteen minutes of intense punching from both sides, as well as a few wrestling exchanges, Talbott won by unanimous decision.
Despite the loss, the entire arena praised Cejudo for his fantastic performance, and UFC CEO Dana White even guaranteed him a bonus.
After his last dance, ‘Triple C’ posted on X:
“Goodbye, UFC ❤️✌🏾 Thank you all for the overwhelming support this week.”
Kash Patel, who is also an MMA enthusiast, praised Cejudo and wrote:
“Congratulations, my friend, on a great career.”
Check out Henry Cejudo’s post and Kash Patel’s comments below:
Cejudo is the fourth fighter in the promotion to simultaneously hold titles in two different weight classes. He has also won several awards as a wrestler, including a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Henry Cejudo says losses changed his GOAT story despite all-time resume
Henry Cejudo believes he would have been among the greatest of all time if he had retired while he was still at the top. But his losses changed the story. He recently told Blood Elbow:
If I could leave like Khabib or Jon Jonesthen it would be like, ‘Oh, he’s the greatest martial arts athlete of all time.’ But these losses made me think, ‘Oh, he’s one of them.’ But if you really think back and look at the resume and what I’ve done, doing things that people can only dream of.
Check out Henry Cejudo’s comments below:
Cejudo first retired in 2020 after vacating the bantamweight throne. In 2023, he came out of retirement and faced Aljamain Sterling for the UFC bantamweight championship, but lost via split decision. In 2024, he faced Merab Dvalishvili and lost by unanimous decision.
Earlier this year, Cejudo joined Song Yadong. ‘Triple C’ got a shot in the eye and was later unable to continue and lost by technical decision.
Last weekend at UFC 323, in his second retirement fight, Cejudo was unable to break his losing skid and lost again by decision.
‘Triple C’, now 38 years old, steps away from the octagon with a pro-MMA record of 16-6.
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