Ahead of his Octagon return at UFC 288 where he faces current bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling in the main event, relive …
help me [Music] we have seen his boxing improve tremendously and he feels like his striking is really starting to catch up with his wrestling and his grappling scary proposition I would think for the rest of this division well he’s a fantastic athlete I mean he’s Olympic gold medalist and wrestling and he’s a young man with a success mindset he wants to do everything he can to maximize his potential as an athlete here on planet Earth and he wants to be the UFC flyweight champion of the world he has an opportunity tonight to get to the top of the ladder when it comes to contenders if he can beat Wilson Hayes [Applause] finish [Applause] wow that was lightning past that right in like a piss holy smokes and that might have even impressed the UFC flyweight King Demetrius Johnson Henry sahuto sending a message to the rest of this division tonight and a nice show of mutual respect there DJ says I’m waiting bro absolutely man again when I when I I’ve been only fighting for four years now man I’m just I’m just I’m just evolving I’m just kind of scratching the surface Joe and uh that’s all man I want I want to fight for the title eventually again so here is the UFC Flyway Champion Henry shahudo moving up to try to become a double Champion tonight in 2018 he was inducted in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Daniel you know this man well he is maniacal about his preparation this has been a very tailored training camp as he tries to hit that rarified air that you hit last year yeah he’s very meticulous to this preparation and Henry sahudo could be a bit of a character and he has his Olympic gold medal hanging around his neck but who else can do that and really say they have an Olympic gold medal no [Music] [Applause] yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] is right in front of Mark Henry his coach and he really can’t do anything he’s exhausted he can’t even defend himself this fight is about to get stopped big elbows from here oh man I thought the referee was gonna stop it that’s it give him a second bill is the UFC beta boy Champion did it what a comeback I mean what a comeback from that first round it looks like the loss was inevitable Henry turns it around completely in the second round and then stops Mariah and he is one of the most inspiring thoughtful and intelligent mixed martial arts athlete to the world today he is also one of the best former UFC Flyway Champion present you actually bantamweight champion Olympic gold medalist Daniel Cormier you guys go way back so who knows running out of room for more gold at all yeah man it’s very difficult to be a champion of the levels that Henderson has been he won as a kid he won as a high school kid he won as a as an adult he won the Olympics he won the UFC Championship the guy just wins cut man’s got some work to do on sahuto um [Applause] Defense number one Dominic scrambling um he nailed with the big shot look at that beautiful right hand he hits with all these left hands and Dom scrambling he’s trying to get back up he’s clearly getting rocked