Former UFC Champ Under Fire For Saying Simone Biles Just Needs Some ‘Tough Love’

Everyone is ultra sensitive when it comes to Simone Biles. Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo disagrees with Simone Biles quitting in the Olympics. The former Olympian says Biles “needs to check herself” and be shown some “tough love.” Cejudo, who is the only person to win an Olympic gold medal and a UFC championship, winning gold in freestyle wrestling at the age of 21 at the 2008 Olympics, says all Biles needs is a little “tough love” and a “kick in the arse.”

“I believe Simone Biles pulling out of this thing is like, I think she really needs to check herself,” said Cejudo, who at the time of his Olympics win was the youngest American to win gold in wrestling. “I think there’s time for a little bit of tough love. ​​If she was my sister, this is exactly what I would do,” said Cejudo. “So, I would never say something that I wouldn’t do to my personal family or anything like that. Or even for me, because I do believe sometimes we do need a nice kick in the arse.”

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He then added, “People say the media created her and you know they put upon this pressure. Not really. They only give you a platform, a limelight. It’s up to you to believe it and to accept it. If you start to think you’re the GOAT and the greatest of all time, then that’s on you.”

My take on Simone Biles pulling out of the Olympics. 📠🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/Y7z4AJWejR

— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) July 30, 2021

Cejudo continued, “There’s two things that pressure can do. Pressure could either break, or it could make diamonds. Pressure could either bust pipes or it can create and make diamonds. You choose what to do for it, or what to do with it, remember that.”

Twitter let him have it.

Guy with ONE Olympic medal mentors girl with 6. Outstanding… pic.twitter.com/xP1HrlkYZh

— Blah… (@ArtofBlah) July 30, 2021

Simone Biles has a record breaking 6 Olympic Gold Medals.🥇
She doesn't need to prove a thing to you, me or herself. That she pulled out to open the door for her teammates only shows she is not full of herself.

— Laura, just a regular pilot turned writer (@LauraSavino747) July 31, 2021

Do you even know what twisties are? She was having them, and it’s super dangerous to keep competing with that.

— Carmen Valentina (@ClubCarmenXXX) July 31, 2021

Respectfully, this is not a tough love kind of moment. She has a condition that came on after she got to the games which prevents her from knowing where she is mid-air. As high as she soars it would be insane to attempt any of it when she’s not in complete control of her body.

— Michelle (@Taltos44) July 31, 2021

USA Gymnastics has confirmed that Biles will participate in the balance beam final for her country on Tuesday after withdrawing from the vault and uneven bar individual competitions over the weekend.

All eyes will be on Biles to see how she reacts.

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