Tag: Donald Cerrone vs. Mike Perry

Donald Cerrone Sounds Off On Breaking Mike Perry’s Arm At UFC Denver

Donald Cerrone opens up on submitting Mike Perry in the co-main event.

The post Donald Cerrone Sounds Off On Breaking Mike Perry’s Arm At UFC Denver appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

Donald Cerrone sounds off on breaking Mike Perry’s arm as well as getting another W put in the win column. Coming into this fight, there was some bad blood. But coming out of it, there were no hard feelings it appears.

In the fight, which served as the co-headliner of UFC Denver at Pepsi Center, Cerrone was able to submit his former training partner. Cerrone finished Perry via armbar submission at 4:46 of the first round.

At the time of the finish, Cerrone was on the bottom. He caught Perry’s arm from guard, transitioned to an armbar. This is when he went belly down and Perry had no choice but to tap.

The fan favorite said in a post-fight interview that he knew Perry was in trouble before the ending of the sequence.

“I felt it pop before I went belly down,” Cerrone said in a post-fight media scrum (H/T to MMAFighting). “So the rest was just tearing the chicken wing off, yeah. I was taking it home with me.”

Donald Cerrone Sounds Off On The Finish

Perry made it known after the fight through the power of Twitter that Cerrone broke his arm as a result of that finish. Cerrone believes that Perry made a tactical mistake in his armbar defense, which caused the finish.

“Once I seen the clock, there was 30 seconds left. The monitor was right above me,” Cerrone said. “I was like, oh I better spin for this armbar. I did. He should have rolled the other way out of it. I don’t know why he didn’t. I was like, ‘Gotcha.’ So I went belly down on it. I was just gonna take it until the referee pulled me off.”

Donald Cerrone sounds off on making it known that he plans to go back down to lightweight after fighting ten times in the welterweight division.

“Super surprised me,” Cerrone said. “When he reached in and took a body lock on me. I wasn’t reaching around and defending it. I was like, yeah, have it. There you go. I just crumbled. And when I was in side control.”

Cerrone Confused By Perry’s Actions

“Cowboy” is hoping to close out his career with a UFC title. He had now won two of three after a three-fight losing streak. He thinks that Perry never took over the fight despite the one scoring a takedown.

“I was waiting for him to [throw] big elbows. He was just breathing heavy. I was just like, I’ll just lay here and let him tire out and spin. Get guard. Yeah, I don’t know why he did that.”

The post Donald Cerrone Sounds Off On Breaking Mike Perry’s Arm At UFC Denver appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

Highlights: Donald Cerrone Taps Mike Perry

Donald Cerrone taps Mike Perry out in a welterweight bout at the UFC Denver event from at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on FOX Sports 1. This fight ended up serving as the co-headliner of the show. The finish of the fight, which went down in the first round, saw Perry take him down only […]

The post Highlights: Donald Cerrone Taps Mike Perry appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

Donald Cerrone taps Mike Perry out in a welterweight bout at the UFC Denver event from at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on FOX Sports 1. This fight ended up serving as the co-headliner of the show.

The finish of the fight, which went down in the first round, saw Perry take him down only for later, Cerrone to lock in an ambar in order to secure a win. The time of the stoppage for the armbar win was 4:46 of the opening round.

As a result of this win, he snapped two UFC records. First up is his 21st victory under the UFC banner. As a result, he has surpassed the likes of Georges St-Pierre and Michael Bisping. The other record was his 15th career finish set that UFC mark, which sees him surpass Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort.

Watch the highlights and the shocking finish to the amazing bout here:

The post Highlights: Donald Cerrone Taps Mike Perry appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

Mike Perry Sets Sights On Two Big Names If He Beats Donald Cerrone

Mike Perry is already looking his next potential fight if he gets past “Cowboy”

The post Mike Perry Sets Sights On Two Big Names If He Beats Donald Cerrone appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

Mike Perry sets sights on two big names should he get past former title contender Donald Cerrone in his next fight. The rising prospect originally accepted this fight where there was no beef between the two former training partners. Instead, it all comes down to business.

That all changed once Cerrone had some internal drama with the gym that both fighters trained at. Now, there is some bad blood between the two sides.

Perry scored the first decision win of his career when he beat Paul Felder at UFC 226, which marked his latest fight. This win also snapped back-to-back decision losses to Max Griffin and Santiago Ponzinibbio.

Mike Perry Sets Sights

During a recent interview with MMAJunkie.com, Perry went on record by stating that once he knockouts Cerrone, he wants two big names at welterweight, which are Darren Till and Robbie Lawler.

“When I knock (Cerrone) out, I wasn’t sure Till could make that weight coming back down. If I can skip the line (at middleweight), we could make that fight happen, because there’s so much animosity in it already. It’s such a good fight to make. If that fight (against Till) can’t happen, I don’t see why the Robbie Lawler fight couldn’t happen. Other than Robbie Lawler and Darren Till, I don’t know what direction it goes.”

It should be noted that the UFC is targeting a fight between Lawler and Stephen Thompson for the first event in January. On the flip side, Till has made it known that he plans to move back up to the middleweight division. Thus, making these fights happen right away might turn out to be tough to be made.

UFC Denver (also known as UFC Fight Night 139) is set to take place on Saturday, November 10, 2018, at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

The post Mike Perry Sets Sights On Two Big Names If He Beats Donald Cerrone appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

Mike Winkeljohn Hopes Donald Cerrone Returns After Internal Drama

Mike Winkeljohn still intends on being in the corner of Mike Perry though.

The post Mike Winkeljohn Hopes Donald Cerrone Returns After Internal Drama appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

Mike Winkeljohn hopes that Donald Cerrone will one day make a return to JacksonWink MMA despite their internal drama.

The Discord

Back in August, Cerrone verbally assaulted the gym, including calling them a “puppy mill” when speaking with Joe Rogan on his podcast.

Following these comments, Winkeljohn would defend his gym by calling Cerrone a “narcissistic” man who is only loyal to himself. The beef also has to do with the fact that Cerrone is fighting Mike Perry next month and Winkeljohn decided to help train Perry for it.

Winkeljohn’s Hopes

During a recent interview, Winkeljohn stated that he sees this as a bump in the road in their relationship and has hope that one day Cerrone will make a return to the gym. He has trained at their gym for the mass majority of his pro-MMA career.

“It didn’t change one stroke. The gym is as good as it has ever been, the atmosphere is fantastic and everybody is winning. It’s up, incredible guys in the cage working with each other,” said Mike on The Ariel Helwani MMA Show.

Getting Past It

The longtime training brought up how the only person not training at the gym right now is Cerrone and that this situation is terrible.

“The only person not here is Donald at the moment, but I am hoping in my heart that down the road we can get Donald to come back. Donald is hard-headed, kind of like myself. He has been a big part of our team over the years and it’s a terrible thing that happened and I kind of wish it didn’t happen,” he added (H/T to MMAMania for the quotes).

Showdown

UFC Denver (also known as UFC Fight Night 139) is set to take place on Saturday, November 10, 2018, at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 while the preliminary card will be split-broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Overall, Winkeljohn acknowledged everyone involved had a job to do for the event:

“But we got a fight coming up with him and Perry. Everybody just has a job to do and we will get through it.”

The post Mike Winkeljohn Hopes Donald Cerrone Returns After Internal Drama appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.