UFC 131 Results See Donald Cerrone Score Another Big Win, What’s The Ceiling For The Cowboy?
Donald Cerrone has become a pretty good submission fighter in addition to being one of the better grapplers in the lightweight division. He has one of the more unique personalities in UFC, which includes wearing a cowboy hat featuring the Tapout logo. He has charm and charisma needed to sell a fight. But how high can he go in UFC?
Over the course of the last three years, Cerrone has really evolved into a good submission fighter and one of the better grapplers in the lightweight division. But he tried a different tactic against Rocha last night that paid off beautifully.
Instead of working the ground and trying to get another submission win, Cerrone showed off his stand-up skills, particularly with his legs. He put on a three-round clinic just dissecting Rocha with vicious leg kicks.
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Rocha was limping early in the fight because of the power of these kicks, and there were a couple of times when he fell to the ground just trying to get off his feet because he legs were so busted up.
Cerrone has now won four consecutive fights and has looked good both times he has fought on a UFC card. The only thing that is preventing him from getting a title shot anytime soon is the depth of the lightweight division. There are at least four guys ahead of him on the championship totem pole – Gray Maynard, Ben Henderson, Clay Guida and Strikeforce’s Gilbert Melendez.
If he can get a fight with someone like Henderson or Guida next, he could vault ahead of them in the chase for the championship.
Cerrone has all the skills and talent in the world to be a champion at 145-pounds, he just has to wait his turn before he can prove it to the rest of the world.
By Bleacher Report’s Adam Wells