Many mixed martial arts fans have been super excited for the return of Henry Cejudo, but according to Chael Sonnen, this move by the UFC was disrespectful towards Aljamain Sterling.
Chael Sonnen believes Cejudo was brought back to dethrone Sterling
Three years after retirement, the former double champ Cejudo returned to take on the reigning 135-pound champ Sterling in the main event of UFC 288 earlier this month. Although Sterling won the fight via split decision, there has been a fallout between “Funkmaster” and UFC prez Dana White over allegations of mistreatment.
In the meantime, Chael Sonnen has stepped forward to give his two cents on the matter. In a recent video on his YouTube channel titled “Aljamain Sterling, the MOST disrespected UFC Champion…” Sonnen claimed that the move of bringing back Cejudo was a way for the UFC to “get rid of” Sterling.
“There’s certain things that Aljo would just like to get credit for, and he’s right to do that,” said Sonnen in the clip. “I have never seen a more disrespected world champion, and this isn’t new. You guys got your nuts in a ringer over Aljo the night that he won the world championship via disqualification. It wasn’t just you the viewer. The pundits did it to him, as well.”
“‘We can bring in the greatest and most decorated combat athlete in the history of time. … If we do that, we get Cejudo back, we get rid of Aljo, the world can then be fixed.’ Aljo didn’t follow the script. Instead of appreciating it, we’ve decided to be angry and we’ve decided to be mean to him. And we’ve decided to hurt the world champion’s feelings,” he added. [H/T MMA Junkie]
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