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Donald Cerrone Plans to Become First UFC Fighter To Fight Three Times In One Week

CerroneVeteran UFC fighter Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone plans to become the first UFC fighter to compete three times in one week. The Welterweight is scheduled to face Anthony Pettis on May 9th at UFC 249 but plans on competing on the two following events to be held on the 13th and 16th. Speaking to ESPN’s Brett […]

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Veteran UFC fighter Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone plans to become the first UFC fighter to compete three times in one week.

The Welterweight is scheduled to face Anthony Pettis on May 9th at UFC 249 but plans on competing on the two following events to be held on the 13th and 16th.

Speaking to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Cowboy shared his plans.

“I’m going to go in there and win this fight and say “Hey Dana, you got anybody lined up for Wednesday? Because I’m going to stay here in the RV. I want to be the first fighter to bang three fights out in a week.”

Coming off a first-round stoppage loss to Connor McGregor in January, Cerrone took this fight with Pettis on short notice due to the promotion remaking the line-up for UFC249 at its new date and location. This bout now makes up part of a card stacked with big names from top to bottom.

UFC 249 is to be headlined by a lightweight bout between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje to determine the UFC interim lightweight champion. Gaethje is on a winning streak with his most recent victory coming against Donald Cerrone back in September 2019. Ferguson was originally scheduled to face Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC249 until the event had to be postponed and the champ got stuck at home in Dagestan unable to get into the USA. Due to the circumstance, the UFC felt the need to create an interim title in place while Khabib takes the time off for Ramadan.

While Cowboy is eager to compete should he emerge victorious against Pettis on May 9th it is unlikely he will be cleared to compete again just four days later.

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Al Iaquinta: Donald Cerrone Beat The Sh*t Out Of Me

Al Iaquinta suffered a setback in his quest to regain a lightweight title opportunity earlier this month (Sat. May 4, 2019). “Ragin” was defeated by Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in the main event of UFC Ottawa via unanimous decision. Iaquinta suffered a string of injuries in the bout. During a recent appearance on “The Ariel Helwani […]

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Al Iaquinta suffered a setback in his quest to regain a lightweight title opportunity earlier this month (Sat. May 4, 2019).

“Ragin” was defeated by Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in the main event of UFC Ottawa via unanimous decision. Iaquinta suffered a string of injuries in the bout.

During a recent appearance on “The Ariel Helwani MMA Show,” Iaquinta revealed that he broke his nose, fractured his right orbital, and has some deep bruises on his legs (via MMA Junkie):

“I broke my nose, I fractured my (right) orbital bone and had some deep bruising on my legs because of those kicks,” Iaquinta said. “(The bruising from the kicks) was brutal. I’m just finally starting to be able to move around. It took its toll. That won’t happen again, that’s for sure.”

Iaquinta then detailed how he believes he suffered his nose and orbital injuries. The lightweight believes a stiff jab from Cerrone may have broken his nose, and a shot in the third or fourth round nailed him in the eye:

“He hit me with a stiff jab that I don’t know if it broke my nose, it cut my nose open,” Iaquinta said. “He hit me with a bunch of shots so it could have been any one, he did cut me open; that could’ve been the one.

“I think it was somewhere in the third round where he caught me in the eye, the third or the fourth round. It definitely affected my vision, and it definitely was something tough to fight through. But it is what it is. I train to be in those situations.”

In the end, Iaquinta has no excuses for his loss, crediting the veteran Cerrone, and admitting “Cowboy” “beat the sh*t” out of him:

“I had every opportunity to win the fight, and I should’ve, but I didn’t,” Iaquinta said. “He beat the (expletive) out of me the way a veteran gets it done. He’s good, man. He’s good.”

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Donald Cerrone: Fighting Someone Like Me Is ‘Super Dangerous’ For Tony Ferguson

Donald Cerrone and Tony Ferguson have both agreed to take a short-notice fight against one another at UFC 238. The pay-per-view (PPV) goes down on June 8 from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. It’s headlined by two title fights; the first being a bantamweight title bout between 125-pound champ Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes, […]

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Donald Cerrone and Tony Ferguson have both agreed to take a short-notice fight against one another at UFC 238.

The pay-per-view (PPV) goes down on June 8 from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. It’s headlined by two title fights; the first being a bantamweight title bout between 125-pound champ Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes, and a women’s flyweight title bout between defending champion Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Eye.

However, the massive fan-favorite match-up between Ferguson and Cerrone is being touted as the people’s main event. Speaking to MMA Junkie recently, Cerrone discussed taking the fight with “El Cucuy” on such short notice. Of course, “Cowboy” has no issue ever taking short-notice fights, but can’t say the same about Ferguson.

The ex-interim lightweight champ is on an 11-fight win streak at the moment, and believes he deserves a title shot. Cerrone said it took Ferguson a while to sign the bout agreement, and he thinks he knows why:

“I don’t think he wanted to have to fight again other than a title fight,” Cerrone said. “I think he believes he deserves a shot, so for him fighting someone like me is super dangerous.

Why would he want to put himself at risk of (losing) a title shot? Especially fighting a (expletive) killer. But I don’t give a (expletive). That’s the difference between me. I’ll fight anybody. So I’ve got to beat them all anyway.”

Cerrone has had a first-hand look at what Ferguson is capable of inside the Octagon. His good friend and training partner Lando Vannata faced Ferguson back in July of 2016, nearly knocking Ferguson out after stunning him badly. However, Vanata fell victim to Ferguson’s elite jiu-jitsu game in the second round, being submitted via the former interim champ’s patented D’Arce choke.

From what “Cowboy” saw, Ferguson is simply a high-volume striker, and not at the elite level. Cerrone believes he’ll be just fine against him inside the Octagon:

“I watched him fight Lando (Vannata) my buddy,” Cerrone said. “I know what kind of opponent I’m against. He’s tough as (expletive), he’s very unorthodox, but not a very high-level striker, I don’t think. He’s just high volume. We’ll be all right.”

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Donald Cerrone Will Be ‘Thoroughly Disappointed’ If Title Shot Isn’t Next

Over the weekend (Sat. May 4, 2019) Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone picked up a big win at UFC Ottawa. “Cowboy” defeated Al Iaquinta in the main event of the evening via unanimous decision. It was Cerrone’s third-straight victory …

Over the weekend (Sat. May 4, 2019) Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone picked up a big win at UFC Ottawa. “Cowboy” defeated Al Iaquinta in the main event of the evening via unanimous decision. It was Cerrone’s third-straight victory inside the Octagon since his last loss to Leon Edwards last summer. Cerrone is hoping that the victory […]

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UFC Ottawa Bonuses: Donald Cerrone & Al Iaquinta Bank An Extra $50K

Earlier tonight (Sat. May 4, 2019) UFC Ottawa went down from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Headlining the preliminary card on ESPN+ was a women’s bantamweight fight between Macy Chiasson and Sarah Moraes. Chiasson picked up the TKO victory in the second round, earning her a $50,000 Performance Of The Night bonus. […]

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Earlier tonight (Sat. May 4, 2019) UFC Ottawa went down from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Headlining the preliminary card on ESPN+ was a women’s bantamweight fight between Macy Chiasson and Sarah Moraes. Chiasson picked up the TKO victory in the second round, earning her a $50,000 Performance Of The Night bonus.

Then, at heavyweight, Walt Harris earned a tremendous first-round TKO victory. He made quick work of Serghei Spivac in just 50 seconds, which was also good enough for a $50,000 Performance Of The Night bonus.

Finally, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Al Iaquinta put on a five round war. Both men landed some big shots, but it was Cerrone who knocked “Ragin” down several times. When it was all said and done, Cerrone earned the unanimous decision victory. However, both men will be taking home a $50,000 Fight Of The Night bonus as well.

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Twitter Reacts To Donald Cerrone Toppling Al Iaquinta At UFC Ottawa

UFC Ottawa went down from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada earlier tonight (Sat. May 4, 2019). In the main event of the night, top-ranked lightweights Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Al Iaquinta went to war. Both men landed some heavy leather inside the cage, but it was “Cowboy” who landed the better of […]

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UFC Ottawa went down from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada earlier tonight (Sat. May 4, 2019).

In the main event of the night, top-ranked lightweights Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Al Iaquinta went to war. Both men landed some heavy leather inside the cage, but it was “Cowboy” who landed the better of the shots, knocking down “Ragin” several times throughout the course of the 25 minutes.

After all five rounds concluded, the judges deemed Cerrone worthy of the unanimous decision victory. It was truly a spectacular performance by the longtime UFC veteran. Check out how the mixed martial arts (MMA) community reacted to the fight on Twitter:

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