Henry Cejudo Losses: Former UFC Double Champ’s Every Career Defeat

Former UFC double champion Henry Cejudo did not have a great outing when he returned to UFC 288. However, ‘Triple C’ is now gearing up for a fight against Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 298, as he will look to get back in the winning column. But before we get to this weekend’s pay-per-view, we’ll take a look at Cejudo’s losses throughout his MMA career.

Henry Cejudo is one of the few Olympic Gold medal winners to have competed in the UFC. He has an impressive resume with a lot of accolades. However, the former UFC champion also had his fair share of losses. Let’s take a deep dive into that aspect of his MMA record.

A look into Henry Cejudo’s UFC losses

Henry Cejudo started his MMA career back in 2013. However, the bantamweight star suffered his first loss in the UFC at UFC 197 in a flyweight. Furthermore, Cejudo lost to none other than arguably the greatest flyweight fighter in the history of MMA, Demetrious Johnson. Incidentally, it was the first time that ‘Triple C’ had fought for a title in Dana White‘s promotion, but could not secure the win as ‘Mighty Mouse’ knocked him out in the first round.

Following Henry Cejudo’s loss to Demetrious Johnson, he suffered a second consecutive loss against Joseph Benavidez, who edged past ‘Triple C’ at ‘The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale’ via a split decision. Furthermore, things could have been different if the judge hadn’t deducted a point from Cejudo for his repeated low blows.

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Henry Cejudo’s third and last loss came at the hands of former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling in his last fight at UFC 288. Although the fight was a close one, ‘Funk Master’ was able to get the win via a split decision win. Meanwhile, let us take a look at Cejudo’s overall record and his achievements throughout his career.

Cejudo’s record, winning streak, and title defenses

There might have been a few hiccups for Henry Cejudo in his MMA career, but he has more accomplishments than failures. When he started out in the sport, ‘Triple C’ went on a 10-fight winning streak, that involved four knockout wins and six wins by decisions, before his aforementioned loss to Demetrious Johnson.

Then, after the loss to Joseph Benavidez, Henry Cejudo went on another winning streak. This time, he went on a 6-fight winning streak, and during this run, ‘Triple’ became a simultaneous two-division (flyweight and bantamweight) champion before deciding to retire and then come back at UFC 288.

It is safe to assume that Henry Cejudo has had quite an eventual MMA career so far. However, he is not done since he had mentioned wanting to become a three-division champion, something that has never been done in the UFC. We will have to wait and see if Cejudo can overcome Merab Dvalishvili next weekend to get back into title contention once again.

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