Henry Cejudo, UFC 298 ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press
The upcoming UFC Seattle card has its headliner, and a former champ will anchor the promotion’s return to the town for the primary time in over a decade.
Ex-bantamweight champ Henry Cejudo (16-4) will headline the present, paired up with bantamweight contender Track Yadong (21-8-1, 1NC).
Cejduo, one of many choose few UFC double-champs (having held gold at each 125 and 135lbs), is on the lookout for his first victory since returning to motion following a three-year retirement between Might 2020 and Might 2023. Since his return, he’s misplaced a pair of fights to Aljamain Sterling and Merab Dvalishvili — the primary a title combat, and the second a scrap with the person who would grow to be champion in his very subsequent combat.
An Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, Cejudo holds wins over Demetrious Johnson, T.J. Dillashaw, Sergio Pettis, Dominick Cruz, Marlon Moraes, and others. At 37, nevertheless, his window on the prime is quickly closing, and a 3rd consecutive loss would possibly simply shut it for good.
Workforce Alpha Male’s Track Yadong is 2-2 throughout his final 4 fights, and coming off a loss in opposition to former champion Petr Yan. The cardboard will mark Track’s fourth foremost occasion spot below the UFC banner.
UFC Seattle takes place on February 22, 2025 on the Local weather Pledge Area in Seattle, WA. The next match-ups have been reported for the Struggle Night time occasion:
Henry Cejudo vs. Track Yadong
Ketlen Vieira vs. Macy Chiasson
Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev
Edson Barboza vs. Steve Garcia
Jean Silva vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan
Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov
Modestas Bukauskas vs. Raffael Cerqueira
Ion Cuțelaba vs. Ibo Aslan
Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez
Antonio Trócoli vs. Mansur-Abdul Malik
Dominick Cruz vs. Rob Font
