BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Jussier Formiga says he wanted to see the UFC add an interim title to Saturday’s fight with Joseph Benavidez after flyweight champ Henry Cejudo was ruled out for the remainder of the year following surgery. Cejudo (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC), who also holds the UFC bantamweight belt, revealed he’d undergone surgery just weeks before UFC on ESPN 3. Formiga (23-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) vs. Benavidez (27-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) was already booked as a three-round affair, which, even if the UFC were on board with the idea, makes the optics of turning it into a title fight understandably challenging. Nevertheless, Formiga agrees it should’ve happened
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