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Johnson’s former foe, Henry Cejudo, recently retired from the UFC following a loss to Payton Talbott in December 2025. Cejudo is now set to compete in a wrestling match against fellow UFC veteran Urijah Faber at RAF 6 on Feb. 28 in Tempe, Arizona. Cejudo was recently telling Johnson how excited he is about the offer, which also allegedly includes a lucrative payday. Cejudo also briefly tried to convince Johnson to complete their trilogy on the wrestling mats at RAF.
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“I know, dude… I’m stoked. It’s good stuff, and they’re paying good money, DJ… A lot of people are calling you out,” Cejudo said. “This is the trilogy!”
Resolute in Retirement
However, Johnson was having none of it. “Mighty Mouse” is firm on his decision to stay retired from all sorts of competition.
“Don’t try to con me into this s—t,” Johnson replied. “I don’t wrestle, man. I’m retired and super busy. I’ve got my other stuff going on. You still want to compete—you’re the competitor, not me.”
Johnson (25-4) defended his flyweight title with a first-round knockout win over Cejudo (16-6) in their first matchup at UFC 197 in 2016. Cejudo avenged the loss by dethroning Johnson via split decision in their rematch at UFC 227 in 2018. Johnson was subsequently traded to ONE Championship, where he became the flyweight champion and retired after defending his title in a trilogy against Adriano Moraes in 2023. Meanwhile, Cejudo went on become a two-division UFC champion by winning the bantamweight title. Cejudo abruptly retired in 2020 after defending the bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz. While “Triple C” returned to competition in 2023, he never won again and hung up his gloves on a four-fight slump.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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