Henry Cejudo, UFC 323 media day interview

LAS VEGAS – Henry Cejudo met the media Wednesday ahead of his fight at UFC 323.

Cejudo (16-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) takes on Payton Talbott (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in a bantamweight bout on the main card Saturday at T-Mobile Arena (pay-per-view, ESPN2/FX/Disney+, ESPN+). At media day, Cejudo took questions from members of the press corps before his fight.

Cejudo is a former dual champion at flyweight and bantamweight. He retired in 2020 and relinquished the 135-pound title. He unretired three years later and got a title shot against then-champ Aljamain Sterling and lost. His follow-up was a loss to current dominant champ Merab Dvalishvili, and he lost a technical decision to Yadong Song in February.

But this time, he swears his retirement is for real … except for the part he said he'd come back for a fight against former champ Brandon Moreno, whom he still apparently harbors a grudge against.

Cejudo implied that even if he wanted to unretire a second time, UFC CEO Dana White never would allow him to go down that road again.

Check out Cejudo's full media day interview in the video above.

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Henry Cejudo: Dana White making sure UFC 323 retirement fight is real

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