After cementing his spot as the top flyweight fighter on the planet, Henry Cejudo moved up in weight and added more gold to his athletic legacy. Following his blistering 32-second finish of then-bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw in his final flyweight title defense, Cejudo (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) took on Brazilian Marlon Moraes for the vacant bantamweight title, after Dillashaw was stripped of his belt following a failed drug test. Cejudo had to battle through early adversity against Moraes at UFC 238 as Moraes viciously attacked Cejudo’s legs, while looking to take his head off with snapping, powerful punches in the opening stages of the fight. But Cejudo was able to weather the storm, and, when Moraes’ high pace started taking a toll on the Brazilian’s gas tank, Cejudo capitalized
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