Henry Cejudo (13-2) is the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight champion. The 31 year-old claimed the title in his last bout, as he beat Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227. In vanquishing the pound-for-pound great, Cejudo avenged his prior 2016 defeat to Johnson at UFC 197. In his first defense of his belt, Cejudo will face current UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw. The superfight will appropriately be the UFC Fight Night 143 headliner, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Jan. 19.
As we approach the title fight, here are five things that you might not know about the man they call “The Messenger.