Henry Cejudo's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was postponed after he had some complications with his weight loss to 125 pounds. He was supposed to meet Scott Jorgensen last Aug. 30, 2014 for the UFC 177 at Sacramento, California.
But despite this setback, UFC President Dana White gave him another chance to impress if only he agreed to come back as a bantamweight. But never the one to back down, Cejudo is open to this proposal.
Cejudo talked to MMA Hour to discuss the matter of losing weight and how he knew the effort it takes to do so.
He said "Everything was good, I had gotten down to 130 the night before the weigh-ins, and I was only four pounds away from my goal. And that night I just had severe cramping. I couldn't sleep. Every 10 minutes or so I had cramping going on in my back, in my thigh, in my foot, just pretty much every part of my body. It's not that I'm fat or I'm overweight, I'm very lean. My body had pretty much just taken a toll. And it's happened a couple of times already. I've always thought I could get down to -- because I've done it my whole life -- get down to 125, but it's a little different now. I'm much older."
According to the Olympian, he had to suffer Dehydration, aching head, purple lips, and trouble keeping his balance just to loss the weight.
It was because of this that UFC decided to cancel the event. It was hard for Cejudo to swallow but in the end he realized what is most important.
He explained "I'm very disappointed in myself. I'm still a little disappointed. I don't want to call it depression, but I am very sad. Because I want to compete. I'm a competitor, I love to compete. In the year 2013 I fought six times. I fought four times in two-and-a-half months. I love to compete, and I love to fight. It's just that I think my body has just grown and I think if I ever make 125, if the UFC would ever allow me, there would have to be more science involved into my weight cuts. It can't just be toughness and strong and willful minded, because that's just going to be put me in a coffin. And people who know me realize I come from a Mexican background. I'm an American, but I'm willing to go through death for a lot of things...but maybe not quite, maybe that's not true. That night just scared me a little bit. It was hard for me to get up, to be honest with you...I have to say it was a lot of cramping, and I couldn't wait until four o'clock. It was pretty much me or the sport of MMA. My coach just made the executive decision to take get an IV, and we went and we talked to the UFC, and they saw how I looked...and we just made a decision to pull out of the fight."
