When Henry Cejudo defeated Marlon Moraes for the UFC bantamweight title, I was simultaneously impressed and confused by what I had just seen. For Cejudo to finish one of the sport’s most violent finishers, no matter how it happened, that is a phenomenal win to have on one’s record. On the other hand, the questions I had surrounding Cejudo weren’t exactly answered, so much as they were simply ignored by the champion.
It was a very two-sided fight with Moraes having a long stretch of sustained success early, before Cejudo managed to steal the momentum back in the second round.