Henry Cejudo has given an interesting theory about this fight.

Demetrious Johnson is slated to defend the UFC flyweight title against Henry Cejudo in the co-main event of the upcoming UFC 227 pay-per-view event where he is looking to defend his title successfully for the 12th time in his career.

Cejudo stated in a recent interview with Luke Thomas on an episode of The MMA Hour that he believes UFC officials would not only be happy but likely want him to bring an end to Johnson’s record-breaking six-year reign.

The UFC flyweight champion turned down the potential fight in favor of a record-breaking 11th title defense against Ray Borg in October, which saw Johnson win and now leading into UFC 227.

“I think so,” Cejudo told host Luke Thomas on The MMA Hour. “Nothing against Demetrious. Nothing against Demetrious, but I think when you have a dominant champ for so many years, it’s almost like, they want a new storyline.

They want a new storyline to tell, especially with somebody like me. Man, I’m bringing not just the Americans, but I’m bring all of Latin America with me. I speak Portuguese, I speak Spanish, I speak English.

“Spanish is actually my first language growing up, and I understand the culture. I understand the culture, I understand what the people want. I’m a warrior. I’m what they call a guerrero in Spanish.”

The UFC 227 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FX at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.

Rounding out the five bout main card is Thiago Santos vs. Kevin Holland middleweight bout, Polyana Viana vs. JJ Aldrich in a women’s strawweight bout, and Cub Swanson vs. Renato Moicano in a featherweight bout.

Pedro Munhoz vs. Brett Johns in a bantamweight bout headlined the preliminary portion of this card.

“Maybe I’m not as [wild] as Conor McGregor, but I have a storyline to me, and I think there’s a lot of fights that could be made and hyped because of that.”

“It’d put me in the history books,” Cejudo said. “People will forget a two-division champ, because there’s already five so far, or six. People won’t forget an Olympic champion and a UFC champion until the next person does that, and that is one tough human being. Ultimately, I feel like it’d put me in a different category. I conquered two sports. I beat the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Like, there’s no denying this kid’s the truth.”