Mixed martial arts(MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting. It incorporates techniques from various combat sports namely boxing, wrestling, judo, jujitsu, karate, Muay Thai, and other disciplines. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), is a hybrid kind of combat sport. Today we shall discuss a supposed MMA fight between Henry Cejudo and Khabib Nurmagomedov to determine the winner.
Henry Cejudo brief Accounts:
Henry Cejudo, born on February 9, 1987, LA, California, is an American Professional Mixed Martial Artist and a Freestyle Wrestler. He is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight Champion and also Bantamweight Champion. His achievement as an MMA fighter is great. He is the fourth UFC fighter to hold titles simultaneously in two different weight classes. Flyweight Champion and Bantamweight Champion. And the second to defend titles in two different weight divisions. Moreover, he is the only person to win an Olympic gold medal and a UFC title. He is considered to be one of the enlisted greatest combat athletes of all time due to his accomplishments in MMA and Freestyle Wrestling. He participated in a total 18 matches. Of them, he won 16 matches, 8 by knockout and another 8 by decision while he lost 2 bouts.
Cejudo fighting record:
Henry Cejudo fought with the following fighters and won except the last two ones: Their names are 1. Dominick Cruz 2. T.J. Dillashaw 3.Marlon Moraes 4.Sergio Pettis 5.Chico Camus 6. Wilson Reis. But he conceded defeat to 7.Demetrius Johnson and 8.Joseph Benavidez.
Besides the above titles, Cejudo bagged Black belt in Aikido, Yellow belt in Karate.
Khabib Nurmagomedov brief Accounts:
Khabib Nurmagomedov was born to an Avar family on 20 September 1988, in the village of Sildi in the Tsumadinsky District of the Dagestan ASSR. It was an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR during the Soviet Union era. His father was a Russian military veteran, former judoka and a former sports coach. They are educated family caring people with modesty and dignity.
Khabib Achievement:
Khabib Nurmagomedov is widely considered to be among the greatest Mixed Martial Artists of all time. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on June 30, 2022. The names of the fighters he fought with below: 1.Justin Gaethje 2.Conor McGregor 3.Dustin Poirier 4.Al Laquinta 5.Edson Barboza 6.Michael Johnson 7.Darrell Horcher 8.Rafael Dos Anjos 9.Pat Healy 10. Abel Trujillo 11. Thiago Tavares 12. Gleison Tibau 13.Kamal Shalorus.
In his entire MMA fighting career, he enjoyed winning match after match. He won a record 29 fights and suffered no loss. He fought and won his last UFC 254 Lightweight Main event fight against Justin Gaethje held on Oct 25, 2020, at the venue: du Forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Nurmagomedov, coming from Dagestan in Russia, is the first Muslim to win a UFC title. He is the most-followed Russian Athlete on Instagram, with more than 34 million followers as of December 2022.
Cejudo vs Nurmagomedov:
First of all, Cejudo and Nurmagomedov both were contemporary MMA fighters. But there is no record that they ever fought each other. Nurmagomedov had a height of 1.78 m, and a weight of 70 kg. While Cejudo had a height of 1.63 m, and a weight of 61 kg. Nurmagomedov competed in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was the longest-reigning UFC Lightweight Champion ever, having held the title from April 2018 to March 2021. With 29 wins and no losses, he retired with an undefeated record with much praise and applause for fame.
Nurmagomedov participated in many more matches than Cejudo. The former is more experienced than the latter. He was an ultimate fighter who employed a wrestling-based style of relentless pressure against his opponents. It is often described as “mauling”. Injury from his attack was compared to injury caused by a ferocious animal. Using a variety of wrestling and judo/sambo takedowns, he used to force his opponents against the cage and locked up their legs and an arm to prevent them from escaping.
Nurmagomedov always fought in the lightweight division. His weight and height would give him an extra advantage over Cejudo. Since Mixed Martial Arts is a serious kind of close combat sport, sometimes knockout cases happen. Even the favorite fighter unexpectedly loses consciousness from the blow by the opponent. At times, surprising wins happen.
Can Cejudo beat Nurmagomedov:
Cejudo fights in two divisions flyweight (115 pounds) and bantamweight (123 pounds). On the other hand, Nurmagomedov was a lightweight division(132 pounds) fighter. The question is whether Cejudo could defeat Nurmagomedov if ever they would have fought. The answer is yes, but the chances are pretty slim. The flyweight has to find the perfect time and right technique to hit the opponent to a vulnerable point, like the head, which is the best way to get a Knockout. But it would not be an easy task to overpower Nurmagomedov as he is highly experienced to resist heavy blows from his opponent in the octagon
nurmagomedov's Opinion of Cejudo Surprising:
Nurmagomedov never boasts of his ability outside the octagon. He always maintains respectful professional mannerisms. During his appearance on Mike Tyson’s podcast, “Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson’, he modestly gave his opinions that Henry Cejudo is a former UFC bantamweight champion, flyweight champion, and Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling Cejudo is ahead of him. He also called Ce judo’s Olympic gold medal win ‘a dream’ for a fighter. Considering everything, Nurmagomedov believes Cejudo is a better fighter than him.
On the other hand, Cejudo has a respectful and emotional relationship with the Nurmagomedov family. He is seen pictured with Nurmagomediv’s Father. He respects Nurmagomedov’s decision to retire from MMA to focus on his family interest. His mother told him to quit fighting jobs and he did.
Undefeated lightweight division in MMA, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s reputation is at stake with an imaginary fight with Henry Cejudo. Maybe it is a win-win situation between them. Or other deductions, since Nurmagomedov never lost, he wouldn’t be defeated by Cejudo either.