Henry Cejudo
| Henry Cejudo | |
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| Born |
February 9, 1987 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | The Messenger |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Weight | 125 lb (57 kg; 8 st 13 lb) |
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Flyweight Bantamweight |
| Reach | 64.0 in (163 cm) |
| Style | Freestyle Wrestling, Muay Thai |
| Fighting out of | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Team | Fight Ready |
| Wrestling | Olympic Gold Medalist |
| Years active | 2013–present (MMA) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 12 |
| Wins | 10 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By decision | 6 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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February 9, 1987 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| State championships | 4 ( 2 Arizona, 2 Colorado) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic team | United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic medal | Gold | ||||||||||||||||||
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Henry Carlos Cejudo, (born February 9, 1987) is an American freestyle wrestler, Olympic gold medalist, mixed martial artist and author. He became an Olympic gold medalist at 21 years old, the second youngest American wrestler to do so (Kyle Snyder became an olympic champion at 20 years old at the 2016 Rio Games). Cejudo debuted in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in December 2014 at UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic. As of March 21, 2016, he is #2 in the official UFC flyweight rankings.
Henry captured four high school wrestling state championships (two in Colorado, two in Arizona). He was awarded (the title) ASICS National High School Wrestler of the Year (2006).
He participated in two Junior World Championships, placing fifth in 2005 and second in 2006. That same year, Henry became the first high schooler to win U.S. Nationals since USA Wrestling's formation as the sport's national body in 1983. Cejudo decided to skip wrestling at the college level and instead accepted an offer from USA wrestling to train at their main facilities in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Henry won the Pan American Championships in March 2008. Henry Cejudo is the youngest of seven siblings including Angel Cejudo four time state champ at Maryvale High School (Phoenix, Arizona).
Cejudo qualified for the Olympics in the 55 kg, (121 pound) weight class. He entered the competition in the Round of 16. In his first round match, against Bulgaria's Radoslav Velikov, Cejudo lost the first period, 2-1, and was forced to win both of the remaining periods to win the match.
In the quarterfinals, Cejudo faced Georgian wrestler Besarion Gochashvilli and again lost the first period, but bounced back to win the last two periods to advance.
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