Henry Cejudo is experiencing double imaginative and prescient after a nasty eye poke compelled a untimely finish to his UFC Seattle predominant occasion conflict with Track Yadong this Saturday, and he needs a rematch.
Cejudo was poked within the eye with 80 seconds left within the third spherical and used the five-minute break to get well. He determined to renew preventing, however instructed referee Jason Herzog “I can’t f*cking see” as soon as the spherical ended.
The physician stopped the bout in the beginning of Roun 4 to go to a technical resolution and Track was awarded the victory.
“We wished to complete the combat, man,” Cejudo stated on a video posted on social media. “Clearly I obtained poked within the eye with two rattling fingers. And usually like once I get poked, I’m good. The identical cause why I used to be smiling or whatnot, however after these 5 minutes had been up, I nonetheless couldn’t see something. Or it’s not that I couldn’t see something, I used to be seeing double.”
The previous two-division UFC champion admitted he initially thought he may get well and proceed preventing, however his imaginative and prescient by no means went again to regular. Cejudo stated he was handed a 30-day suspension by the native athletic fee after the principle occasion bout, and can see a specialist on Sunday to hopefully be “f*cking regular” once more. As for Herzog’s handing of the state of affairs, Cejudo feels Track ought to have been deducted some extent for his foul, which might have made the consequence a majority draw.
“And it’s unlucky, dude,” Cejudo stated. “Did Track do it deliberately? No. However ought to there be some extent deducted? 100%, man. I feel it’s like basketball, the place there’s technical fouls. For those who journey, it’s nonetheless technical. I simply hope that the UFC may perhaps permit replays for issues like that after which the referee can decide whether or not if it wasn’t intentional or not.
“As a fighter, one of many first issues that the referee says once they go within the again is like, you can’t stick your fingers out like that. And I feel the warnings are already set earlier than the combat. I ultimately obtained f*cking poked with two fingers. … I’m like, perhaps I can tough this out, however then Track got here and he obtained that 5 minute break and I’m similar to, man, I noticed 4 arms, dude. It’s unlucky.”
“I feel there’s a number of issues that perhaps we may do,” he continued. “And it’s not Track’s fault. I’m not pissed at him. However I’ll say this for Jason Herzog. I’m curious to speak to you, man. I obtained kicked within the balls a few instances, after which eye-poked. Bro, one thing must be achieved. And I feel as referees, too, we may additionally study. However I additionally assume for the UFC, perhaps there ought to be one thing the place the referee is ready to see the replay and say, all proper, man, there’s one, even when it wasn’t intentional, it’s nonetheless achieved. You continue to can’t do that. Apparently I couldn’t see no extra, so apparently when the spherical began Track was nonetheless — I nonetheless can’t see it, however they’re telling me he was form of like a zombie together with his fingers out. It’s so unlucky, man.”
UFC CEO Dana White stated on the post-fight press convention he wasn’t serious about reserving a right away rematch between the bantamweights, which Cejudo begs him to rethink.
“Dana White, I do know you stated that you just’re not serious about that rematch. Dude, let’s run it again,” Cejudo stated. “There have been nonetheless two rounds left. The tempo was selecting up. He was damage. Take a look at my face, take a look at his face. Dude, we’re scrapping. I feel we should always run it again. Dana, I respect you, I hope we may run this again.”
Watch Cejudo’s video assertion under.
