“Be smart about what you do,” is the overarching message Henry Cejudo is hoping to get across to UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski.
Cejudo, a former two-division UFC champion, thinks Volkanovski’s recent agreement to serve as the UFC 280 main event backup is not intelligent for a variety of reasons. The event takes place Oct. 22 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
Paramount, Cejudo said, is the seemingly rushed nature of the situation. Fresh off surgery, Volkanovski is turning around to travel across the world for a fight that may not even happen. Given his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world in the eyes of many, Volkanovski will likely get a crack at the winner of Oliveira vs. Makhachev anyway, analyzed Cejudo.
