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Mike Tyson instructed UFC 298 ace he had a ‘pure fanny pack’ after piling on kilos

Mike Tyson brutally instructed UFC legend Henry Cejudo he had a “natural fanny pack” after he’d ballooned throughout his hiatus.

Cejudo, a former Olympic gold medallist and two-division UFC champion, spent three years out of the Octagon earlier than his return defeat to Aljamain Sterling final May.

During that point the 37-year-old let unfastened in retirement, piling on the kilos – which was fairly overtly identified to him by boxing icon Tyson, who’s a detailed buddy having helped practice his stand-up recreation.

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Cejudo recalled on his GOATCast podcast with Demetrious Johnson: “I was like pregnant when my wife was pregnant, I was like 180 dude.

“I regarded like a tick dude, even Mike Tyson, he is like, ‘Hey Henry!’ When I noticed him after I was on hotboxing, he is like hey ‘Henry man, you gotta get your s*** collectively man!’

“He’s like ‘It looks like you got a natural born fanny pack on you!’ But you know what he did scold me and he did kind of make a lot of sense.

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Henry Cejudo and Mike Tyson
Iron Mike did not maintain again as he introduced up Cejudo’s weight achieve

“He said ‘Hey man, like if you’re serious about this like getting back into this thing [fighting], you gotta start dropping your weight.’ So after that talk I did start getting my weight down. Sometimes it takes that one little piece to do it.”

Cejudo is seeking to get again to successful methods in opposition to Merab Dvalishvili tonight (February 17). He got here in for criticism earlier this week when he sacked his coach of over 15 years on the UFC’s Countdown present.



Mike Tyson looks on prior to the Heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou at Boulevard Hall on October 28, 2023
Tyson instructed the UFC legend he had a “natural fanny pack”

Eric Albarracin and various different coaches had been let go by Cejudo, who defined: “You were with me for my last Olympic trials, and you’ve been there for me, but as of right now, I just want to let you know that for this camp, dude, I’m getting rid of specific coaches – and that’s you included.

“Sometimes you get too near any individual and other people simply get too comfy. … Right now, what I need to do on this struggle camp is maintain it strictly enterprise.”