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Danny Segura and Mike Bohn

Henry Cejudo says Aljamain Sterling ‘ain’t going past three rounds,’ calls UFC 288 title fight ‘easy money’

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Henry Cejudo doesn’t think he has it that tough in his return to MMA. Actually, he sees it as quite the opposite.

Despite a three-year absence from fighting, and UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling as opposition in his first fight back, “Triple C” is confident he’ll re-claim the title with ease.

“Because it’s easy money,” Cejudo told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a UFC 288 pre-fight news conference when asked why he was returning from retirement. “It’s easy money. I watched these guys after coaching some of the best in the world – Jon Jones, Demetrious Johnson, Zhang Weili, Deiveson Figueiredo, Jiri Prochazka – and I started to understand my talent a little bit better.

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