Forward of his first UFC most important occasion, surging flyweight contender Asu Almabayev believes Henry Cejudo ought to return into retirement after UFC Seattle.
Cejudo misplaced a technical choice following a brutal unintentional eye poke by Track Yadong, and now the 38-year-old has dropped three straight fights since popping out of a brief retirement. When requested about whether or not or not some extent ought to’ve been taken — or if extra factors must be taken for fouls typically — Almabayev, who headlines UFC Vegas 103 towards Manel Kape, didn’t have an opinion on ruleset, however extra on Cejudo’s preventing future.
“I’m not a choose, I don’t know find out how to choose it, I don’t know who takes factors away or who provides the factors,” Almabayev informed MMA Preventing. “I didn’t watch the combat. I simply watched that little second the place there was an eye fixed poke and after which I noticed [how the fight ended].
“However clearly, if you concentrate on it, Cejudo shouldn’t be the identical fighter that he was as soon as. In case you say to your self that I’m going to retire, in case you say to the world that I’m going to retire, then you need to in all probability keep retired. This can be a younger man’s sport. That is one thing the place in case your physique and your thoughts tells you that it’s time to go, then it’s in all probability time to go.”
The 31-year-old enters the largest combat of his profession on a 17-fight win streak, together with a 4-0 begin within the UFC. Almabayev replaces Brandon Royval, who was pressured to withdraw on account of damage.
So far as the continued debate about officiating, and when, and when not factors must be taken, Almabayev says it ought to rely upon the scenario.
“The conditions could possibly be completely different,” Almabayev mentioned., There’s lots of issues occurring in the course of the combat and I feel it’s a case to case foundation.”
