FORTALEZA, Brazil – Henry Cejudo is open to doing a rematch with T.J. Dillashaw for the UFC flyweight championship.

In the immediate aftermath of Cejudo’s (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) 32-second TKO of Dillashaw (16-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) at UFC on ESPN+ 1 in January, the current 125-pound king said if it a second fight were t happen, he would want it to be for Dillashaw’s bantamweight strap.

All of Dillashaw’s post-fight frustration about the stoppage has caused Cejudo to shift his mindset, though. He’s now happy to do it at flyweight.

“If T.J. wants to run it back at 125 we can,” Cejudo told MMAjunkie. “If he still feels like he can beat me at ’25, let’s just run it again. To go to ’35 would be for the legacy, but I’m not opposed to him coming down to ’25 again. I’m not opposed to it.”

Whether there’s going to be a flyweight division around long enough for Cejudo to make another title defense is the real question. He called the state of the weight class “scary” after what appears to be another round of releases of talent in the division.

Cejudo said he’s uncertain how everything is going to play out, but what he does know is that a Dillashaw rematch is necessary. Dillashaw has made his feelings about the stoppage known, and has even gone as far as to call Cejudo’s win a “fluke.”

“(Him call it a fluke is) actually kind of a compliment,” Cejudo said. “Now he’s saying that it really did happen. If you say it’s a fluke, it’s something that wasn’t supposed to happen but it happened. It’s OK. It just lets you know how he’s feeling. It’s who he is. I’m a sore loser, too. I don’t say it in the public. He’s just revealing it more to the public and that’s who he is. I don’t take offense to it, I really don’t.

“(The stoppage was) not my decision. It’s not my job. I was going to hurt him regardless. It wasn’t going to make it past that minute, I promise you. I’d put my house on it, I would put everything I own on it because he was hurt.”

Cejudo said he doesn’t mind the controversy around the result of his bout with Dillashaw because it creates a “storyline” for the rematch. Cejudo said there are still discussions to be had with the UFC brass about what comes next, but he has lofty goals for the year.

“If I go up it would have to be a title shot immediately,” Cejudo said. “I’ve got a belt at 125 and I can’t be fighting some No. 2 or 3 guy, with all due respect. I think there’s a lot of fights for me. I’m a chameleon. I fill into 135 very well too. I think I’ll be bigger than all of them. The size that I use and how I feel. At 125 there’s nobody in the world that can match my strength. Marlon Moraes, all those guys are on my hit-list too. I would love to fight those guys.

“I think taking out T.J., sometime in July or August. Taking that belt and then fighting possibly in December and to be, being the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Beating T.J. I would be the only guy with two belts, an Olympic gold medal. You would be crazy not calling me the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Just taking heads. Putting heads on a spike.

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