‘Pay Me to Fight Alex and I’ll….’- Henry Cejudo Has An Interesting Offer for UFC President Dana White

Former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo took to social media and shared a compelling offer for UFC President Dana White. ‘Triple C’ revealed his desire to fight Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 272 and in turn said he would fight Jake Paul for free. This claim comes right after Max Holloway pulled out of his scheduled title fight with Volkanovski.

Dana White has been feuding with Jake Paul on social media for quite a while now and Cejudo’s offer might be intriguing. Paul has attacked White on certain issues like fighter pay and White has been quick to clap back. However, it remains to be seen if Dana White will be willing to run the risk of having Cejudo come back to fight for his third belt.

Hey @danawhite Pay me to fight Alex and I’ll beat up Jake Paul for free.

— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) January 8, 2022

‘The Messenger’ retired after defending his bantamweight strap against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 in a rather abrupt manner. White wouldn’t want to run the risk of having Cejudo defeat the sitting featherweight champion and then immediately retire and relinquish the belt. This situation already played out in 2017 when Georges St-Pierre won the belt against Michael Bisping and then retired.

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Who leads to the sweepstakes to face Alexander Volkanovski?

Henry Cejudo vs Alexander Volkanovski is by far the biggest matchup the UFC can make on paper. The narrative writes itself and the stakes will be at an all-time high for everyone involved. However, for the reason mentioned above, the UFC brass might be apprehensive to stitch this fight together.

Many other top-ranked featherweights have already called out Volkanovski, including Giga Chikadze, Korean Zombie, and Yair Rodriguez. Out of these 145-pounders, Chan Sung Jung’ is considered the front runner to secure the title shot. ‘The Korean Zombie’ is the only fighter within the top contenders to be coming off a win in his last fight.

Safe to say the featherweight champ has options

(via @alexvolkanovski, @KoreanZombieMMA, @panteraufc, @HenryCejudo, @giga_chikadze) pic.twitter.com/0ikVp7ASDx

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) January 8, 2022

What’s more, undisputed champion Alexander Volkanovski has taken to social media and responded to Chan Sung Jung’s call-out.

@KoreanZombieMMA Let’s do this!! #UFC272

— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) January 7, 2022

It’s clear that he’s interested to face ‘TKZ’ in what could be the final title opportunity for the South Korean fighter. Jung always brings violence and relentless pace to the octagon and fans will want to see if he can dethrone a dominant champion in ‘Volk’.

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