UFC 298 could mark the final professional fight of Henry Cejudo’s career, if the stakes he’s placing on his fight with Merab Dvalishvili turn out to be true.
Cejudo (16-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) ended his first MMA retirement last May when he came back from a more than three-year layoff to challenge then-champ Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288. He suffered a split decision loss, then subsequently sustained a shoulder injury that required surgery.
The Olympic gold medalist and former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion returns to competition on Feb. 17 when he meets Dvalishvili (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in a main card bout at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. “The Messenger” recently revealed he’s looking at the fight as do-or-die for his fighting future.
