Fans react as Henry Cejudo's next fight date and opponent are reported, featuring former rival in co-main event: "UFC Seattle is gonna be a movie"

MMA fans across the world have been paying close attention to everything around Henry Cejudo's upcoming bout. According to multiple reports, Cejudo's former opponent is also listed as a co-main event on his fight card.

MMA Content Creator with username @realkevink recently took to X and announced that Cejudo is expected to take on Song Yadong in a bantamweight contest at UFC Seattle on Feb. 22. The fight night event will take place at Climate Pledge Arena In Seattle, Washington.

Fans soon rushed to the comments section to share their reactions.

One fan wrote:

''UFC Seattle is gonna be a movie!''

Another one stated:

''If true that card is crazy stacked for a fight night''

Other fans wrote:

''Damn he’s really following father’s plan. Get a good win at 135 then go back down and challenge Pantoja coming off a win.''

''This one also makes 0 sense. Smh. SYD vs Rob Font and Henry vs Aldo would make more sense. They might as well get rid of the rankings at this point with the fights they're making.''

Check out more reactions below:

Fan reactions [Screenshots courtesy: @realkevink on X]

Alongside Cejudo, his former opponent Dominik Cruz will take on Rob Font in the co-main event, according to a report by combat sports journalist Mike Coppinger on X:

''Former two-division champion Henry Cejudo will fight Song Yadong in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Feb. 22 in Seattle, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell tells ESPN. Rob Font will fight former champ Dominik Cruz in the co-main. Cruz’s first fight in over two years.''

Cejudo announced his retirement from the sport after successfully defending his bantamweight title against Cruz at UFC 249 in 2020. However, he made his octagon return three years later to challenge Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 but suffered a split-decision defeat. In his recent octagon outing at UFC 298 last year, 'Triple C' lost to Merab Dvalishvili via unanimous decision.

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When Song Yadong called out Henry Cejudo for a potential match

Henry Cejudo's remarks about him confronting Sean O'Malley after Noche UFC 306 infuriated Song Yadong, who went on to attack Cejudo and challenge him to a potential bout at UFC Macau last year.

Yadong accused Cejudo of avoiding him in his X post, writing:

''@HenryCejudo You’ve been ducking me since July. I know you told them you had injury, you want to go back to FW. But now you asking for @SugaSeanMMA ??? Get fans what they want! See me in Macau!''

It appears the two are set to meet at UFC Seattle next month.