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Preview: UFC Welcomes ESPN With UFC Fight Night Brooklyn

January 17, 2019

By Lindsay
Preview: UFC Welcomes ESPN With UFC Fight Night Brooklyn

An exciting fight card awaits in Brooklyn for what will be the 1st of a 5 year ESPN/Fight Night deal worth $1.5 billion. ESPN will replace Fox Sports 1 as the sole broadcaster of the UFC’s Fight Night events.

The Flyweight title will go on the line in the card’s main event. Henry Cejudo will defend his belt against TJ Dillashaw who currently holds the Bantamweight title.

Dillashaw is hoping to become the UFC’s fourth dual title holder after Connor McGregor, Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes.

The bout presents 2 interesting styles at the UFC’s lowest men’s weight class.

Henry ‘The Messenger’ Cejudo’ is an olympic wrestling gold medalist. He will look to control the fight by taking it to the ground and dominating his opponent.

Dillashaw is lightning on his feet. He holds a career record of 16-3 and has finished 8 of those fights with his hands. He will look to rush Cejudo with quick flurries early in rounds and then use his superior cardio to wear him down later in rounds.

Both fighters have had plenty to say in the lead up to this one.

It all began when Cejudo claimed the Flyweight title against Demetrious Johnson and called out the Batamweight champion.

Dillashaw has since promised to make Cejudo regret that choice of action.

“The biggest mistake of Henry’s life was calling me out after that fight”, Dillashaw said.

Henry will not be known as a champion when I’m done with him, he will never defend his belt”.

“He’s not going to last with my cardio, I’m going to make him give up and I’m going to win in spectacular fashion.”

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“Im going to out-wrestle him and rip that gold medal off his neck”, Dillashaw claimed.

Cejudo is confident that cutting weight to get down to 125 pds is going to be enough to cost Dillashaw.

“Champions never go down and win belts, champions go up and win belts”, Cejudo explained.

“Im going to make him pay for every little extra pound that he has to drop”.

“Im a far superior wrestler, I’m going to dictate where the fight goes and that’s all there is to it”, Cejudo proclaimed.

Prediction: Dillashaw by TKO.

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