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LAS VEGAS – The way Marlon Moraes sees it, Henry Cejudo is full of it.

In the build-up to his January title fight against T.J. Dillashaw, Cejudo saw himself as not just the UFC’s flyweight champion. He was going to defend his title against Dillashaw and, in the process, save the division.

The former happened, with Cejudo knocking out Dillashaw in just 32 seconds at UFC on ESPN+ 1. The latter, however, is still up in the air.

For months, the fate of the 125-pound division has hung in the balance, with UFC President Dana White remaining non-committal on its long-term future while releasing a multitude of flyweights from their contracts. Cejudo (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) has continued to preach about being the division’s savior, but his next move is to meet Moraes (22-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) for the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 238.

That decision, according to Moraes, reveals Cejudo’s true character.

“Henry has such a big ego,” Moraes told MMA Junkie on Wednesday. “Everybody around him knows that. He likes everything for him. He wants to be a two-division champ. He’s not fighting for the (flyweight) division. He’s fighting for himself. We fight for ourselves. But he’s just not saying that. He’s trying to say he’s a good guy, but he’s not.”

Dillashaw’s vacating of the 135-pound title following a potential U.S. Anti-Doping Agency violation made the Moraes vs. Cejudo title fight possible. Moraes promises to be nothing other than himself when the two face off June 8 in Chicago.

Despite the two fighters sharing Ali Abdelaziz as their manager, Cejudo is another polarizing presence for Moraes. Cejudo, he said, will try to take him down and find himself in a world of trouble.

“Unfortunately, he hit the lottery,” Moraes said. “He’s next. I was looking to fight different guys – 135 pounders. But he stepped up. Hats off to him. But after the fight, he’s going to regret it.”

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