Henry Cejudo is one of the most decorated names in combat sports: Olympic wrestling gold in 2008, then double UFC champion across two weight classes, one of only a handful of fighters to hold that distinction. In June 2026 he was in Kotor, and he spent part of his time here on our boats.
Here's the story straight, because the short version that travels online tends to get the details wrong: Cejudo wasn't in Montenegro for a UFC event. He was here for an MMA training seminar, and the day on the water was part of how that week actually happened.
What actually happened — At a Glance
What actually brought him to Kotor
The seminar was organized by B 86 GYM, a Kotor-based MMA club that has run this kind of event for the past several years, bringing in high-level coaches and fighters from around the world to train alongside local and regional athletes. For 2026, that meant Cejudo — a name every serious MMA fan recognizes — plus Renato Subotić and Luka Jelčić, two coaches with real credentials of their own in the sport. Five days, ten sessions, one gym in Kotor, running from 2 to 6 June.
It's a training camp, not a fight card. There was no UFC event in Montenegro that week, and Cejudo wasn't competing — he was teaching. The distinction matters if you're trying to search your way to more information about it: "UFC Fight Week Montenegro" isn't a real event to look up, but "Henry Cejudo Kotor MMA seminar" gets you the actual story.
The day on our boats
Part of what these seminars do — by the organizers' own account — is give visiting fighters and coaches a look at Montenegro itself, not just a gym and a hotel room. Guests get taken out on speedboat tours of the bay, up the cable car, and further north into the country, footage from which the club has used in its own recap videos for years. Cejudo's June 2026 visit followed the same pattern, and the boats used for that were ours.
Same captains, same fleet, same decks that carry our regular guests through the Bay of Kotor every day. If you book a tour or a private charter with us, you're not getting a different setup — you're getting the exact one Cejudo used during his week here.
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Private Blue Cave Adventure, 3 hours — the Bay of Kotor, Our Lady of the Rocks, and a swim stop at the Blue Cave, on the boats that hosted an Olympic and UFC champion.
Why we're telling this story straight
It would be easy to round this up into something bigger than it was — plenty of local coverage leans on "UFC champion" and leaves the seminar/event distinction blurry. We'd rather you know exactly what happened: an Olympic and double UFC champion trained fighters in Kotor for five days in June 2026, and he crossed the bay on our boats while he was here. That's a genuinely rare thing for a small Montenegrin charter fleet, and it doesn't need exaggeration to be worth telling.
Captain's Tip
If you want the full picture of who else was on our decks that season, we also cover Orlando Duque and the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series' Kotor connection — a different event, same crew.
Curious about the other big name our boats supported this year? Read the full story of Orlando Duque, Red Bull Cliff Diving, and the boats that were on the water in Kotor.
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Private hire with your own captain — up to 10 guests, flexible route, the same standard Cejudo's week ran on.
