Henry Cejudo doesn’t have a combat booked, however that doesn’t imply he doesn’t have alternatives to place his abilities to good use.
On Saturday, Cejudo’s producer Dylan Rush shared video of the previous two-division UFC champion recounting a wild story by which he claims he helped to apprehend a suspect in his neighborhood that crashed a car and assaulted a home-owner.
Watch the clip under.
“Similar to a gaggle of youngsters perhaps doing about 80 miles an hour,” Cejudo mentioned. “I used to be simply popping out with my producer Dylan Rush, we occurred to see this automotive go about 80 miles per hour just about, we heard an *rrrrrr*. Subsequent factor this dude’s going up a ramp and he smashed into my neighbor’s yard.”
Within the video uploaded by Rush, the suspect could be seen being wrestled to the bottom, and a person—presumably Cejudo’s neighbor—with a visual head wound can be proven. In response to Cejudo, his neighbor was attacked by the driving force of the car in query, and that’s when Cejudo sprang into motion.
“The man acquired up, the man tried to depart, and he ended up assaulting the proprietor as a result of I don’t know if these guys have weapons,” Cejudo mentioned. “As soon as he hit my neighbor I used to be like, ‘Alright man, all in.’ [My neighbor’s] in his 60s, I needed to go on the market and decide [the suspect] up and drop him, slapped him somewhat bit, and a few of the neighbors took some clocks at him.”
Rush additionally shared his personal account of the drama in an Instagram caption:
Henry Cejudo simply apprehended a Hit N Run driver that tried to flee the scene
The motive force was going 80 MPH in a residential space earlier than crashing into the aspect of the home throughout the road from Cejudo. After exiting the car, the driving force proceeded to run and attempt to escape.
When the 65 year-old home-owner acquired in his approach, the driving force punched the person a number of instances and started to flee earlier than Cejudo was in a position to run him down and slam him on his again. The motive force continued to withstand earlier than a fellow neighbor pointed a gun at him, main him to cooperate earlier than Phoenix PD arrived.
Cejudo most just lately fought at UFC Seattle this previous February, dropping a technical resolution to Tune Yadong after a brutal eye poke to Cejudo precipitated the combat to return to a untimely finish. He’s now 0-3 since popping out of retirement in 2023.
With the consequences of the attention damage nonetheless lingering, Cejudo has brazenly talked about the potential for hanging up the gloves a second time.
