UFC fighter Henry Cejudo’s prized championship belt stolen in burglary just days after he took down DUI suspect nearby

A burglar broke into UFC fighter Henry Cejudo’s home, stealing his prized championship belt just days after the former Olympian took down a suspected drunk driver who crashed into his neighbor’s house.

Cejudo’s wife and children were asleep at their home in Phoenix, Arizona when his detached studio was broken into early Monday, Cejudo told Fox 10 Phoenix.

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“If I had my gun, it wouldn’t be nice, it wouldn’t. Because now I know you’re messing with my family,” the cage fighter told reporters. “And it’s one thing fighting. It’s another thing when my family is in danger.”

Cejudo’s first-ever UFC championship belt was stolen, along with $10,000 worth of camera equipment belonging to his producer, Dylan Rush, who was asleep in the studio at the time.

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Cejudo said he just wants the items returned, and won’t press charges if they are.

One pal, national boxing champion Hughie Johnston, is even offering a $10,000 reward for the belt’s return. 

“You’re not going to be able to sell it,” Johnston said about the belt. “You’re not going to get anything out of it. It’s going to be red-hot. Every pawnshop in town isn’t going to want to buy that. You’re going to know that it belongs to Triple C. He earned it the hard way.”

Johnston jokingly sent a message to the thief that if he returns the belt, Cejudo “will not pick you up, drop you on your head, put you in a pretzel and deliver justice like he does typically to people that break the law in the state of Arizona.”

The burglary comes just days after Cejudo tackled and held down a 22-year-old alleged drunk driver who tried to flee after he plowed his car into his neighbor’s home at high speeds.

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“I grabbed him, controlled him pretty quickly, put both of his hands behind his back and smacked him around a little bit,” Cejudo, 38, said afterward.

When asked if he thought the burglary may have been some retaliation, Cejudo said, “You can’t rule it out, but it could be.”

Rush, his producer, is convinced the incidents are related.

“This would not have happened if it weren’t for the hit-and-run,” Rush told Fox 10 Phoenix. “His reward for doing something heroic was getting his home burglarized. So, it’s just a shame all around.”