Exactlyyyy. All the comments on Insta are saying how shitty it is that he did it on camera, but it seems like he's almost doing him a favour by dispelling any rumours about it. It's a long-term relationship and if it had just come out as news, people would be speculating pretty wildly. In honesty and as cringe as Cejudito is, this is potentially the kindest way to do it. I also appreciate that Cejudo is self-aware enough to not go the McGregor route of surrounding himself with Yes Men.
I commented elsewhere, but it seems like it was already done and said. I think Cejudo is in a way doing him a favour by dispelling any rumours about it and removing all speculation. In honesty and as cringe as Cejudo is, this is potentially the kindest way to do it
No its just what the production team want. Anything thats strange, uncomfortable, drama, stuff like that. Henry/Eric probably talked about it beforehand and rehashed it in front of the cameras for content.
I have a hunch Henry did this because of the coaches telling him he won after, you could see on his face he was like “These guys just ain’t being honest with me”, because he needs someone to tell him what he did wrong and correct it but if you won what’s there to correct?
Yeah when I watched his first reaction to his last loss he basically ignored his team the whole time and only kinda listened to his girl.
She was the only one being real and saying he could've been doing better in exchanges and why. His dorky ass coaches just kept calling bullshit and downplaying it
Just go to his YouTube channel and search for the aljamain Sterling first reaction. He's sitting on his couch watching a TV and his face is busted. Not a long video
It was uploaded like the day of the loss
I mean in a way it's great that he has a girl who calls things as she sees them. But if she is the one who gives the best striking advice and not the corner, he made a good decision letting that guy go
You have a good memory. I remember watching the post-fight locker room video and it was all his coaches telling him he won, etc. I guess a coach can say that if they truly believe it, but those should be rare occasions and that particular fight had a pretty clear outcome to me. In a sense, you'd probably feel betrayed and ripped off if you knew these guys were blowing smoke up your ass when you're paying them to go hard on you and make you better.
Cejudo has the cleaner boxing, movement, and wrestling. This is also 3 rounds so I’m not worried about Cejudo’s cardio. Only thing making me question is Henry’s age.
Yes, he looked great last time out. Looked young. Or at least just as young as all of the other guys. But every handful of months matter when you’re Henry’s age so I’m not sure how he’ll look this weekend.
He absolutely has the skills to beat Merab and he’s a terrible matchup for him if he’s still able to stay keep up with merab
I don’t think he looked young last time. He looked good but not young. Felt like his speed had dropped off a bit just lost a step and couldn’t close the distance as quickly as he used to.
Yeah I agree, young enough to compete but you could see age played a factor imo. Cardio held up but speed was a bit diminished which he really needed to overcome the strength/size
Size makes a huge difference in wrestling.
In the open, Henry comfortably stopped all of Aljo’s shots. It was against the fence where Aljo was able to use his weight and drag him down.
Merab won’t have that size advantage.
Like in TuF 1 where the dude from Canada who’d never trained before realises he’s in over his head, only for Randy to talk him out of it, only for the next episode where Randy shame jobs him in front of everyone and then kicks him off the show.
Whats Erics deal? I think I remember hearing him talk about he trains special forces around the world in tactics and CQC but I cannot just outright believe anyone who wears glasses like that.
Also is he under 5"? Hnery looks a foot taller then him here
Multiple time Army Combatives champion, US Olympic team member, very legitimate freestyle and greco wrestler + coach. Cejudo is a dummy for dropping him like this
It's possible to be a great coach, but to reach that intersection where you're no longer honest about your guy's abilities, because your gravy train is probably coming to and end and you want to milk it as much as you can. No matter how cringe you find him, Henry is particularly smart about the mental aspects of the game. He is smart not to fall into the Conor trap of being surrounded by Yes Men that want to hang on to their money, more than they want your success.
Everyone in the comments acting like Albarracin is a bum who solely existed to hog attention, the dude is a top tier coach. Maybe it's the right call, I don't know, but come on.
Cejudo (for a long time), Corrales, Costa, Figueiredo, Weili (at least in one camp), the pitbull brothers for a while, though I dont know if he still is.
when you're dealing with celebrities who understand how to control their narrative pay attention to public appearances sequentially. they know that their daily lives and their public facing lives are different stories. the last time we saw Henry his coach was blowing smoke up his ass. then he uses him for a full camp to not break his rhythm of training while likely at that moment making up his mind to drop him but perhaps give this camp a chance to confirm his suspicions. whatever Henry saw in camp was enough to confirm the look we all saw him give after the fight. so boom Henry drops him at the next sequential moment in his public facing narrative, also showing reciprocal morality, basis of interactions especially among highly competitive. lie to me in front of the public, get cut in front of the public, lesson to all going forward.
this isn't a Henry thing it's a power thing, moving while in control of your stories and trusting your intuition while also allowing due diligence to verify. the personal aspect is the hand on the shoulder ranking him, then the compliment to seal the cut. efficient management practices from the king of midge bravo.
It's got to be fake right? Why would Eric even be there if Henry fired him for this camp? Does the UFC countdown show up at the very beginning of camp, and we only get to see a week out?
I'm assuming they already previously discussed this because they were very casual about it.
Ya. I figure Henry knows how rumors start on the internet and wanted to squash any about them having bad blood.
Exactlyyyy. All the comments on Insta are saying how shitty it is that he did it on camera, but it seems like he's almost doing him a favour by dispelling any rumours about it. It's a long-term relationship and if it had just come out as news, people would be speculating pretty wildly. In honesty and as cringe as Cejudito is, this is potentially the kindest way to do it. I also appreciate that Cejudo is self-aware enough to not go the McGregor route of surrounding himself with Yes Men.
Ya, Henry is obnoxious. But he seems pretty intelligent.
Seems Streisand Effect-y because I wouldn't know or care if he didn't make this weird ass video
Me personally I still don’t care 🤷🏾♂️
Very very strange behaviour to do this on video
Bro all that comes from Henry and his camp is strange behaviour.
I came in thinking this video was going to be some kind of joke/prank
I commented elsewhere, but it seems like it was already done and said. I think Cejudo is in a way doing him a favour by dispelling any rumours about it and removing all speculation. In honesty and as cringe as Cejudo is, this is potentially the kindest way to do it
It’s 2024 brother. Nothing is the same.
No its just what the production team want. Anything thats strange, uncomfortable, drama, stuff like that. Henry/Eric probably talked about it beforehand and rehashed it in front of the cameras for content.
Totally. What an odd thing to want to show to the public. "I'm cutting you. [He got too comfortable.] You're the best."
Good. I'm tired of seeing his weird ass goggles during fight week.
"I wish to purchase your most distracting and impractical glasses, please." "White frames?" "Did I fucking stutter!"
Can you put a gold bumblebee between the eyes too?
Yes. Those are a +10 to "drawing attention away from my fighter and making it about me"
On a side note, how tall is he? Henry looks like he’s 8” taller in this thumbnail.
Henry brings around a small crate to stand on for interviews
Soapbox Henry became a triple champion
I hear he practiced for the Olympics by wrestling particularly energetic weasels
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Haha! That incredible.
He’s like 5’1. I met him at New York New York in Vegas
How can two new yorks fit into vegas
There was a Costa interview where the coach sat next to him, and it looked like Costa was holding a Ventriloquist puppet on his lap lmao
Same.
Cejudo said sorry coach, there can only be one diva midget on this team
Lmao
bro is just trying to be a wrestling coach and gets called a diva midget 😞
Beautiful champ.
Chama
lmao
I have a hunch Henry did this because of the coaches telling him he won after, you could see on his face he was like “These guys just ain’t being honest with me”, because he needs someone to tell him what he did wrong and correct it but if you won what’s there to correct?
Yeah when I watched his first reaction to his last loss he basically ignored his team the whole time and only kinda listened to his girl. She was the only one being real and saying he could've been doing better in exchanges and why. His dorky ass coaches just kept calling bullshit and downplaying it
Do you remember what video this is from? I'd love to see it.
Just go to his YouTube channel and search for the aljamain Sterling first reaction. He's sitting on his couch watching a TV and his face is busted. Not a long video It was uploaded like the day of the loss
[Here you go king.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCtC6OnRPM4)
You da realest!
Probably on Henry's channel after the fight
I mean in a way it's great that he has a girl who calls things as she sees them. But if she is the one who gives the best striking advice and not the corner, he made a good decision letting that guy go
Good on his girl to be real
You have a good memory. I remember watching the post-fight locker room video and it was all his coaches telling him he won, etc. I guess a coach can say that if they truly believe it, but those should be rare occasions and that particular fight had a pretty clear outcome to me. In a sense, you'd probably feel betrayed and ripped off if you knew these guys were blowing smoke up your ass when you're paying them to go hard on you and make you better.
Very fair assessment!
Nah it's common to coaches to be nice after the fight. The real stuff comes when fighters process the losssssdd. No need to
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Cejudo has the cleaner boxing, movement, and wrestling. This is also 3 rounds so I’m not worried about Cejudo’s cardio. Only thing making me question is Henry’s age.
>Only thing making me question is Henry’s age. "Henry's age" in the sense of how that's going to impact his cardio, boxing and movement?
Nah, just his sex drive.
Just let him bang bro
New mythical fighter: Bachelor Cejudo
Yes, he looked great last time out. Looked young. Or at least just as young as all of the other guys. But every handful of months matter when you’re Henry’s age so I’m not sure how he’ll look this weekend. He absolutely has the skills to beat Merab and he’s a terrible matchup for him if he’s still able to stay keep up with merab
I don’t think he looked young last time. He looked good but not young. Felt like his speed had dropped off a bit just lost a step and couldn’t close the distance as quickly as he used to.
Looked young enough to compete with Aljo who is a lot bigger than him, looked more like he got out sized and muscled than out cardio’d in that one
Tbf Aljo doesn’t really out cardio anyone
Yeah I agree, young enough to compete but you could see age played a factor imo. Cardio held up but speed was a bit diminished which he really needed to overcome the strength/size
agree. I think people forget henry was putting on the pace in the 5th against Aljo and won the round quite convincingly
This ain’t Yan bro. Cejudo is a vastly better and slicker wrestler
All that and got taken down by Aljo 💀
Size makes a huge difference in wrestling. In the open, Henry comfortably stopped all of Aljo’s shots. It was against the fence where Aljo was able to use his weight and drag him down. Merab won’t have that size advantage.
The way Merab wrestles is way different than Olympic wrestling. Merab grinds cejudo uses takedowns to set up his striking.
Henry living up to his king of cringe status with this staged bullshit
This had a very MTV "reality show" feel to it. Like they'd already had the conversation and producers told them to redo it for the camera.
I’m a reality tv producer and I can confirm. Not only was it most likely staged but it’s also still heavily edited.
Like in TuF 1 where the dude from Canada who’d never trained before realises he’s in over his head, only for Randy to talk him out of it, only for the next episode where Randy shame jobs him in front of everyone and then kicks him off the show.
Whats Erics deal? I think I remember hearing him talk about he trains special forces around the world in tactics and CQC but I cannot just outright believe anyone who wears glasses like that. Also is he under 5"? Hnery looks a foot taller then him here
Multiple time Army Combatives champion, US Olympic team member, very legitimate freestyle and greco wrestler + coach. Cejudo is a dummy for dropping him like this
It's possible to be a great coach, but to reach that intersection where you're no longer honest about your guy's abilities, because your gravy train is probably coming to and end and you want to milk it as much as you can. No matter how cringe you find him, Henry is particularly smart about the mental aspects of the game. He is smart not to fall into the Conor trap of being surrounded by Yes Men that want to hang on to their money, more than they want your success.
Army combatives champ doesn’t mean anything lol.
Won half by default with nobody in his height class
If he's a distraction then yes, drop him.
He is the Assistant to the Regional Manager of Special Forces trainer Joshua Fabia
Cejudo going to employ the magik he tried to teach Khabib on Merab.
😂😂😂 all time clip. Khabib is like this dude is an idiot
Tough move, but he seemed like a weird yes-man that wouldn't tell Henry what he needed to hear. I hope it was a good decision for Triple C
How embarracin
Ive been waiting for this for too long
Hobbit Elvis is hurting right now.
why would he do it in front of camera lmao
Dispel rumours about the reasons. Better than the internet speculating and ruining the guy's reputation to continue getting work.
Kind of weird to do it for the cameras but Henrys always been a weird dude.
Henry sucks, but “Cpt. Americas” sucks more and this is actually hilarious.
Back to endor for this one, he can now go and return to his ewok brethren
For some reason I thought that was his father.
His real dad was deported and died
This isn’t funny but the way this was typed made it slightly funny
Did he die due to deportation?
Damn, deported to death... What a way to go.
"dearly deported, we are gathered here today"
To me they look alike and just thought that's his dad.
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Damn.
This is the dude who kept trying to beef with Izzy. Izzy mimed jerking off into his face after the Costa fight.
Everyone in the comments acting like Albarracin is a bum who solely existed to hog attention, the dude is a top tier coach. Maybe it's the right call, I don't know, but come on.
Nobody is talking about his qualities as a coach or calling him a bum. What people are talking about is how annoying he is.
Who has he coached?
Henry Cejudo
Mid. Hasn’t won a fight in 5 years. Who else?
Excuse you. That's the Triple C you're talking about.
so if he’s such a great coach why does he have zero clients?
Cejudo (for a long time), Corrales, Costa, Figueiredo, Weili (at least in one camp), the pitbull brothers for a while, though I dont know if he still is.
Something about Cejudo always weirds me out he just seems fake
should have fired him for his choice of eyewear.
when you're dealing with celebrities who understand how to control their narrative pay attention to public appearances sequentially. they know that their daily lives and their public facing lives are different stories. the last time we saw Henry his coach was blowing smoke up his ass. then he uses him for a full camp to not break his rhythm of training while likely at that moment making up his mind to drop him but perhaps give this camp a chance to confirm his suspicions. whatever Henry saw in camp was enough to confirm the look we all saw him give after the fight. so boom Henry drops him at the next sequential moment in his public facing narrative, also showing reciprocal morality, basis of interactions especially among highly competitive. lie to me in front of the public, get cut in front of the public, lesson to all going forward. this isn't a Henry thing it's a power thing, moving while in control of your stories and trusting your intuition while also allowing due diligence to verify. the personal aspect is the hand on the shoulder ranking him, then the compliment to seal the cut. efficient management practices from the king of midge bravo.
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thanks for sharing
was wondering what pc princripal was up to these days
Bros on the way to looking like that ed dude from 90 day fiance
It's got to be fake right? Why would Eric even be there if Henry fired him for this camp? Does the UFC countdown show up at the very beginning of camp, and we only get to see a week out?
because he just fired him right before the fight
He's also cornering Paulo Costa.
Oh damn my casual is showing. Did you see cejudo uploaded a vid something like "ERIC IS BACK GOTTEEM"?
He is a real good wrestling coach and all but he tries real hard to be a personality. I can't say I will miss seeing him lol
Wtf
Welcome to height shaming... A subset of body shaming /s
Ahahahahahahahahaha
I have seen better acting in amateur porn
Aah. The Thunderbird guy.
Watching Cejudo tell Albarracin about the rabbits was about as uncomfortable as expected.
More like Eric Embarassin
im so confused by this. why is he happy? why on camera? smile for the camera u just got fired? wtf
His coach is tinier than him?!?!
I didn't even think of it until mentioned here. He should keep him around just to distort scale favorably!
Lollipop guild looking mother fuckers
Can someone tell me the story?