{"id":20737,"date":"2026-03-10T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2026\/03\/10\/henry-cejudo-downplays-alex-pereiras-historic-white-house-title-run\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:56:00","slug":"henry-cejudo-downplays-alex-pereiras-historic-white-house-title-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2026\/03\/10\/henry-cejudo-downplays-alex-pereiras-historic-white-house-title-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Cejudo downplays Alex Pereira&#8217;s historic White House title run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to Cejudo, he probably won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cCheck this out: If I\u2019m going to fight for a third belt, it has to be the undisputed belt,\u201d Cejudo said on his Pound 4 Pound podcast. &quot;It takes a little bit of time to become a triple champion. He&#8217;s also facing a dude who&#8217;s already the undisputed champion, so I can actually see where the odds are coming from. So I feel like Ferreira should stay at light heavyweight a little bit longer and fight immediately, without controversy. Immediately. It&#8217;s not interim anymore. He just waited and approved it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If you were going to wait for a promotion, you probably would have waited for this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to say is that you don\u2019t miss your chance and you fight.\u201d Cejudo continued: &quot;Allow Tom&#8217;s eye to heal. Because now, look, Tom is chasing not one, but two big dogs to make him champion. He can make history with one. He has to fight two to become the first three-division champion. That changes things because Tom doesn&#8217;t think he can get past Cyryl Gane. I think that weight is real.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To be precise, Cejudo is not suggesting a winning mentality, but rather the path of least resistance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI think there are too many light heavyweight contenders for Ferreira to pass up.\u201d Cejudo said. \u201cI think there are still a lot of names to take out. I think there will be a big fight at light heavyweight. [Carlos] Ulberg, who has never fought. Of course he could have beaten him. There is Khamzat Chimaev. \u201cThey were both kind of tweeting at each other and stuff like that was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For more information on the upcoming UFC White House card, click here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Cejudo, he probably won&#8217;t. \u201cCheck this out: If I\u2019m going to fight for a third belt, it has to be the undisputed belt,\u201d Cejudo said on his Pound 4 Pound podcast. &quot;It takes a little bit of time to become a triple champion. 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