Tag: Bantamweight

Petr Yan believes Henry Cejudo took the decision to retire to avoid top contenders in the bantamweight division, such as himself and Aljamain Sterling.

Chael Sonnen shares his excitement regarding rumours of a fight between Sean O’Malley and Cody Garbrandt, following their spectacular knockouts at UFC 250.

Despite being snubbed for the vacant UFC bantamweight title fight, Aljamain Sterling still believes that he’s the man to beat in the 135lbs division.

Bantamweight contenders, Cody Garbrandt and Sean O’Malley both believe that their respective knockouts were the highlight of UFC 250.

Sean O’Malley believes 100% that he would knockout Cody Garbrandt but doesn’t think ‘No Love’ would accept a fight with him.

Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo wants to fight the undefeated boxing champion Ryan Garcia, and claims he has an offer from Saudi Arabia.

UFC bantamweight prospect Sean O’Malley opens up on his upcoming fight against the veteran Eddie Wineland at UFC 250, and what might be next.

Sean O’Malley believes that he is ‘just a couple of fights away’ from getting a title shot, but isn’t in a hurry, as he wants the UFC to pay him more for bigger fights.

ONE bantamweight champion and grappling phenom Bibiano Fernandes, has a couple of names in mind for his next title defence inside the ONE Circle.

ONE bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes opens up on his possible next opponent. And it won’t be Demetrious Johnson or Kevin Belingon.

Demetrious Johnson has nothing but appreciation and respect for his formal rival Henry Cejudo, who announced his retirement at UFC 249.

Henry Cejudo’s manager Ali Abdelaziz doesn’t believe that his fighter will stay retired for very long.

After losing to Henry Cejudo in the UFC 249 co-main event, Dominick Cruz has confirmed that he plans to continue fighting.

At 33 years old, two division UFC champion and former Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo, has announced his retirement from combat sports. And provided his suggestion as to how the UFC should find the next 135lbs champion.

Ahead of his first UFC bantamweight title defence against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249, Henry Cejudo opened up on whether he would ever give TJ Dillashaw a rematch.

Henry Cejudo hit out at his fellow bantamweights, as he explained the reason he chose to defend his UFC bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249.

Both coming off of injuries, Henry Cejudo and Dominick Cruz got in a heated exchange ahead of their title fight this weekend at UFC 249.

UFC 249 goes down this weekend and Tony Ferguson, Justin Gaethje, Henry Cejudo and Dominick Cruz are all excited to give the fans something to look forward to, in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Having fought both men, former champion TJ Dillashaw is the perfect man to break down the UFC bantamweight title fight between Henry Cejudo and Dominick Cruz at UFC 249.

Henry Cejudo predicts he will stop Dominick Cruz at UFC 249. And jokes he’s prepared to go to great lengths to make the Jose Aldo fight happen.

UFC heavyweight Daniel Cormier has warned Dominick Cruz that Henry Cejudo is ‘the real deal’, in the build up to their bantamweight title fight at UFC 249 on May 9th.

Martin Nguyen opens up on cancelled fights, defending his ONE featherweight title against the best and whether Garry Tonon deserves a shot at his title.

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, is eagerly preparing for another opportunistic drop in weight class, to the bantamweight division.

‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley, the UFC’s rising bantamweight star, talks about his next fight and his wish to compete in front of the Irish fans.

UFC rising star ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley has hit back at Brian Kelleher after his recent call out, saying ‘he’s not going to do anything for my career’.

WEC and UFC veteran Urijah Faber discusses his old adversary Dominick Cruz.

Frustrated UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo, says he needs to know today, whether he is definitely is fighting on May 9th.

UFC bantamweight up-and-comer, Sean O’Malley, discusses the hypothetical matchup with Henry Cejudo, and compares his striking with Conor McGregor’s.

UFC Hall Of Famer Urijah Faber is considering a return to the Octagon and has his eye on two top bantamweight contenders.

With the UFC 250 main event hanging in the balance and former two time bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is planing to step in and save the day.