Urijah Faber is swinging back at Henry Cejudo , and dare we say it, but “The California Kid” might be up 1-0 in the social media battle. After Faber (35-10 MMA, 11-6 UFC) came out of retirement for a first-round knockout upset of Ricky Simon in the UFC on ESPN+ 13 co-main event in front of his hometown fans in Sacramento, Calif., this past Saturday, Cejudo (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) fired off a barb on Twitter. Related Urijah Faber ready to 'mix it up' with champ Henry Cejudo after UFC on ESPN+ 13 Twitter reacts to Urijah Faber's KO of Ricky Simon, callout of Henry Cejudo at UFC on ESPN+ 13 Cejudo, the UFC’s dual champion at flyweight and bantamweight, called Faber a “corn-rolled princess,” taking a shot at Faber’s fight-night cornrow hairstyle. (Sorry, Henry; they’re cornrows, not corn rolls.) He said a Faber request for a title fight against him at 135 pounds would result in Faber being the next to “bend the knee to Triple C.” But the 40-year-old Faber, who was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame after he called it quits on a 44-fight career in December 2016, had no problem firing back at Cejudo on Sunday afternoon. “The cringe is real @HenryCejudo, ” Faber posted on Twitter , no doubt referring to Cejudo’s recent trash-talking style that has included gimmicks like showing up for a faceoff with Marlon Moraes wearing a magician’s cape to pull a rabbit out of a hat in Chicago. “U can Triple C Deez nuts swinging over your face while you’re laying on the canvas
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Urijah Faber swings back at Henry Cejudo, and ‘deez nuts’ make an appearance – MMA Junkie