Former UFC Bantamweight and Flyweight champion Henry Cejudo performed the function of hero on Friday (April 4, 2025) outdoors of his residence in Phoenix, Arizona when a car touring at a excessive pace slammed into his neighbor’s home.
In line with Cejudo, the motive force and passengers tried to run off afterward. In response, Cejudo and the home-owner chased after the alleged suspects, and Cejudo restrained one in all them bodily till officers arrived on the scene.
Henry Cejudo says he apprehended suspect who allegedly plowed a car into neighbor’s home on Friday evening.
“I ended up lifting him, dropping him, slapped him round slightly bit.” pic.twitter.com/uJK6etWb4M
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“You may see inside this room, if somebody was standing in there, they might be lifeless. All these children are fortunate to be alive,” Cejudo stated in an announcement shared with MMA Junkie. “As soon as they bought out I instructed them, ‘Hey, you guys aren’t going nowhere.’ The proprietor of this home tried to cease them and stated it is advisable to be held accountable. Certainly one of them ended up (punching) my neighbor, and that’s after I needed to step in.
“Just about all my neighbors got here in to battle the scenario. I ended up lifting him, dropping him, slapped him round slightly bit and simply just about managed him.”
All instructed, it sounds just like the scenario may have been lots worse. Cejudo talked about simply how fortunate it was that no one was within the room the place the automotive crashed, and the alleged suspects are fortunate that “Triple C” was holding himself again. Bantamweight or not, UFC fighters can do critical injury to civilians in the event that they aren’t cautious.
As for his profession contained in the Octagon, Cejudo most not too long ago misplaced a technical choice to Track Yadong at UFC Seattle amidst nice controversy. His subsequent reserving is unsure, however Cejudo not too long ago indicated he could solely compete yet one more time.
