T.J. Dillashaw’s recent drug test failure left a vacuum in the UFC bantamweight division’s title landscape. In order to fix that, company president Dana White revealed that plans are to book a fight between Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes for the now vacant 135-pound title.
On Monday’s episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on ESPN, both Cejudo and Moraes foresee their fight taking place at UFC 238 in June. But even with nothing finalized just yet, “The Messenger” already sent a strong verbal statement to his opponent.
“Marlon Moraes I got a message for you… If you think you’re going to be the second heart I break this year, man I hope you’re ready, brother,” Cejudo said…
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