Tag: Donald Cerrone vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov

Donald Cerrone Believes Khabib Nurmagomedov Is Next With UFC Vancouver Win

Donald Cerrone knows the stakes are high for his UFC Vancouver main event against Justin Gaethje. Should he win the fight on Saturday, ‘Cowboy’ believes there is only one fight that makes sense after. That is to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov, and fight for the belt next time out. “After I beat Gaethje, there’s nobody else […]

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Donald Cerrone knows the stakes are high for his UFC Vancouver main event against Justin Gaethje.

Should he win the fight on Saturday, ‘Cowboy’ believes there is only one fight that makes sense after. That is to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov, and fight for the belt next time out.

“After I beat Gaethje, there’s nobody else (except Nurmagomedov),” Cerrone said after open workouts (via MMA Junkie). “That’s it, there is no one in front of me. I do want to fight in December though. I’ll have to take a little 155 break go to 170, we’ll see.”

Against Justin Gaethje, this fight promises to be fireworks. Gaethje assures it will end with someone being knocked out.

Yet, ahead of the scrap, Justin Gaethje revealed when he and Donald Cerrone trained with each other, ‘Cowboy’ knocked him out. For Cerrone, he was surprised Gaethje said that, but says that was back then, but will still be the fight everyone thinks it will be.

“I would have never brought that up on my end, you know?” Cerrone said. “So I don’t know why he did. But training is totally different than fighting, and it must have been a weird, lucky shot. That was so many years and he’s a totally different guy and its gonna be the fight everyone thinks it’s going to be.”

In the end, if he beats Justin Gaethje, Cerrone is hoping he can fight for the lightweight title next. But, if that doesn’t happen, he could always fight for the new BMF title. Of course, he names his ranch the BMF Ranch. But, for ‘Cowboy’ he isn’t sure that fighting the winner makes sense.

“There we go,” Cerrone said with a chuckle. “Both of them whooped my ass already so that would be kind of hard.”

Do you think with a win over Justin Gaethje, Donald Cerrone deserves a title shot?

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You Won’t Believe Khabib’s New Opponent For UFC on FOX 19…

Highly ranked UFC lightweight contender Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov has been on the sidelines for the last two years nursing multiple injuries. The undefeated Dagestani born combatant was scheduled to make his anticipated return to action at the upcoming UFC on FOX 19 card in Tampa, Florida in a pivotal bout opposite surging contender Tony

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Highly ranked UFC lightweight contender Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov has been on the sidelines for the last two years nursing multiple injuries.

The undefeated Dagestani born combatant was scheduled to make his anticipated return to action at the upcoming UFC on FOX 19 card in Tampa, Florida in a pivotal bout opposite surging contender Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson.

The bout, which was set to serve as the evening’s (April 16, 2016) main event, fell through earlier this week, however, when Ferguson was forced to withdraw with a lung injury.

Originally, it was thought that Nurmagomedov would be pulled from the card completely, as finding an opponent to face him on such short notice would be a daunting task.

Unsurprisingly, however, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, who is known for his anytime, anywhere attitude, voiced his interest in fighting “The Eagle”.

It appeared last night (April 6, 2016), as if both men had verbally agreed to the bout which is why it may be shocking to learn today that Nurmagomedov will be remaining on the card and taking on UFC newcomer Darrell Horcher in a catchweight bout.

FOX Sports confirmed the news earlier today (April 7, 2016).

Horcher has won his last five bouts including his latest two by way of stoppage, but it’s undoubtedly odd to see him take on one of the best lightweights in the world in his promotional debut.

No matter the opponent, “The Eagle” simply wanted to fight:

“I don’t fight for two years. I need to feel blood, I need to feel the cage, I am ready go,” Nurmagomedov said. “My mind says ‘hey, you have to fight next Saturday’. This is everything.”

Thoughts?

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Donald Cerrone Denies Rumors He Pulled Out Of Khabib Fight

No one who has followed MMA for any significant amount of time was surprised to hear last night that Donald Cerrone offered to step up on short notice and replace Tony Ferguson versus Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC on FOX 19 from Florida. With the April 19 card rapidly approaching, the fight

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No one who has followed MMA for any significant amount of time was surprised to hear last night that Donald Cerrone offered to step up on short notice and replace Tony Ferguson versus Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC on FOX 19 from Florida.

With the April 19 card rapidly approaching, the fight between the two top-ranked lightweights who had previously scheduled bouts at UFC 178 and 187, was apparently signed, but a subsequent rib injury forced him to pull out:


Khabib then called out Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis for a fight:


However, the plot thickened when Cerrone replied that he was just fine:


Cerrone also told a fan who wished him a speedy recovery that there was nothing wrong with him:


Nurmagomedov then goaded Cerrone to sign the contract, which ‘Cowboy’ said he already had:


Then Cerrone got a bit heated at all the suggestions that he was hurt, taking a shot at Khabib’s frequent injuries:


Khabib wanted to prove he signed to face him so he posted the supposed photo evidence of the contract:


Interesting. With UFC on FOX 19 only 10 days away, it looks like the lightweight main event may or may not still be on. We’ll let you know what goes down soon.

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