CHICAGO – Henry Cejudo used misdirection to dispel a report about an injury sustained prior to his UFC 238 bantamweight title fight with Marlon Moraes. Afterward, though, Cejudo came clean. Cejudo (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) became the seventh fighter in UFC history to claim titles in two weight classes on Saturday when he defeated Moraes (21-6-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) by third-round TKO to add the bantamweight title to his flyweight strap. It wasn’t an easy fight for “The Messenger,” who had to weave through Moraes’ powerful offense before turning the tide and getting the finish. It was made more challenging by the fact he went in with a sprained right ankle, not the “little bump” on his knee he originally shared when questioned about being injured. View this post on Instagram Cejudo’s ankle BEFORE the fight Swipe for the close up (via @bokamotoespn, @arielhelwani) #UFC238 A post shared by MMA on ESPN (@espnmma) on Jun 8, 2019 at 10:55pm PDT “I had suffered it on Tuesday night,” Cejudo told MMA Junkie at the post-UFC 238 news conference.
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Henry Cejudo comes clean about ankle injury sustained days before UFC 238 – MMA Junkie