Daniel Cormier Show - Henry Cejudo on becoming UFC double champion, winning gold medal at Olympics
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iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Daniel Cormier IS BACK with another episode of the Daniel Cormier Interview, and this time he sits down with one of the most decorated combat sports athletes of all time, Henry "Triple C" Cejudo! DC and Henry reminisce on their time together training and going to the Olympic games, and what it meant for Cejudo to win gold in Beijing. He won at age 21, which at the time made him the youngest American Olympic wrestling champion. Cormier and Cejudo talk about his "cringe" personality in the UFC and why that helped add to his ascension in the sport. And don't miss Henry reflect on his win over Demetrious Johnson, his business endeavors post fighting career, hard times growing up to become the fighter he did, and so much more! #Volume
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.7 | The volume. |
| 0:09.6 | Today's episode is brought to you by Total Wireless, the official wireless provider of UFC. |
| 0:15.1 | They're in your corner with unlimited 5G data that will not slow you down. |
| 0:20.2 | Can you all. Daniel! |
| 0:30.2 | All right, guys, welcome to a brand new episode of the Daniel Kornier show today. |
| 0:34.6 | My guest is one of the most accomplished athletes that I've ever been around. |
| 0:37.9 | But I don't want this to be the conversation. |
| 0:42.0 | When people hear the name Henry Sehudo, they think about a lot of winning. |
| 0:43.1 | They think Olympic gold. |
| 0:44.6 | They think UFC titles. |
| 0:46.9 | Honestly, they think Triple C, right? |
| 0:49.7 | Because he's told us time and time again who Triple C is. |
| 0:51.9 | But before all of that, right? |
| 0:55.1 | There was a kid that grew up in chaos, right? |
| 0:57.1 | His family fighting to survive. |
| 0:59.0 | This kid learned discipline. |
| 1:06.3 | He found pride, identity, all through wrestling, all while not knowing that wrestling would change his life. |
| 1:10.2 | So the story of Henry Sehudo is not just about fighting. |
| 1:11.6 | It's about his family. He sacrificed a lot. |
| 1:13.6 | There was insecurity, confidence in what happens when a person believes in themselves and then goes out and they build himself. |
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