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Urijah Faber reminisces on when Henry Cejudo used to call him out – instead of women

Over the past few weeks, Henry Cejudo’s social media campaign has been centered around callouts directed towards women’s flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko.

“The Bullet” has responded via social media, but “The King of Cringe” has continued his attempts to one-up her. Whether it be a video of himself walking out of a women’s restroom or dancing salsa, Cejudo, the men’s flyweight and bantamweight champ (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC), hasn’t spent as much time talking about fighters in the men’s divisions.

Friday, one UFC bantamweight took exception with Cejudo’s recent callouts. “The California Kid” Urijah Faber poked at Cejudo in a post on Instagram. The UFC Hall of Famer Faber (35-10 MMA, 11-6 UFC) included a years-old video with a younger, less cringey “Triple C.”

“This is Henry Cejudo, the youngest USA wrestling gold medalist in the history of our time,” Faber said in the video. “It’s an honor to have him here in our gym. He’s going to work with Master Thong a little bit.”

After the pair plugged Cejudo’s new shoes, Faber asked the Olympic champion his plans for combat sports. Cejudo responded, prophetically answering the question correctly.

“So what’s the deal? Are you going to do some MMA, or what?” Faber asked. “You were talking about doing boxing because there is no money in MMA.”

“We will,” Cejudo correctly predicted. “We’ll do MMA eventually, but right now, money talks.

The post can be seen below:

A fight between Cejudo and Faber emerged in the public conversation when Cejudo called out the former WEC featherweight kingpin after he won his second belt against Marlon Moraes at UFC 238 in June.

Faber has only competed once since his return to professional MMA competition. In his comeback fight at UFC on ESPN+ 13 in June, Faber upset bantamweight contender Ricky Simon via 46-second TKO.

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