Filed under: News , UFC DALLAS – The fight game can change in an instant, and for Henry Cejudo , it’s taken just two fights to go from the man some pegged to dethrone flyweight king Demetrious Johnson to a fighter in desperate need of a win after back-to-back losses. Cejudo (10-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) will attempt to break out of his slump on Saturday when he faces Sergio Pettis (15-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in UFC 211’s main card pay-per-view opener following prelims on FX and UFC Fight Pass at American Airlines Center in Dallas. “The Messenger” has been a lifelong friend of winning after making a run to an Olympic gold medal in wrestling, then a 10-fight run of victories to start his career. His title-fight loss to Johnson at UFC 197 in April 2016 was about as clean as it gets. His split-decision defeat to Joseph Benavidez at The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale this past December, however, was loaded with controversy
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UFC 211′s Henry Cejudo aims to move past ‘miserable’ experience of consecutive losses – MMA Junkie