Henry Cejudo with his UFC beltThink you had a rough weekend?
Olympic gold medalist and newly crowned UFC flyweight champ Henry Cejudo lost his MMA belt during a flight to Moscow this past weekend.
No, Cejudo did not lose the belt in a bout on board the airplane … but, in a much more common way that affects mere mortals as a well as champion MMA fighters and former wrestlers: the belt was inside his luggage which the airline misplaced.
"Unfortunately, my belt is in my luggage," Cejudo told reporters. "So now, on top of my gold medal, now it's my belt. I don't know what it is about gold. I can't keep it."
Cejudo lost his Olympic gold medal -- won in freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Bejing Games -- last fall when he had to flee his Santa Rosa, Calif. hotel in the middle of the night because of wildfires surrounding the hotel. The 31-year-old escaped with minor injuries.
"Let's be honest, material comes and goes. It's the memories, it's the legacy that comes with being a champion," Cejudo said. "I'm going to get a gold medal back. I'm going to get a belt back. But it's the memories that come with that that makes it special."
This morning, Cejudo posted a video on Instagram showing that he had recovered his luggage with his championship belt inside.
Cejudo took possession of the UFC flyweight (125-pound) championship belt in August with a split decision over Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227, ending the five-year title reign of the fighter known as "Mighty Mouse."
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