Coming off of his impressive R2 TKO win over Rick Story at UFC 202 earlier this month, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone has landed himself a role on a brand new limited Netflix series called “Godless” which was created by Scott Frank and Steven Soderbergh. Cerrone announced the news on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast yesterday (August 30, 2016)
Coming off of his impressive R2 TKO win over Rick Story at UFC 202 earlier this month, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone has landed himself a role on a brand new limited Netflix series called “Godless” which was created by Scott Frank and Steven Soderbergh.
Cerrone announced the news on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast yesterday (August 30, 2016) revealing he would be part of a train robbery gang:
“It’s a Netflix series. I got six episodes. Going to do cowboy (expletive),” Cerrone said. “It’s called “Godless”.
“I’m part of a gang, a train robbery gang. I’m excited. We start on the 12th.”
One of the show’s creators, Scott Frank, is an Academy Award nominated writer as a result of his work on the film “Get Shorty”.
Co-creator Steven Soderbergh is a former Academy Award winner himself for Best Director back in 2000, and will also serve as the show’s executive producer as well.
The show will star actors Jeff Daniels, Jack O’Connell, Merritt Weaver and Scoot McNairy.
The project, from Steven Soderbergh and Scott Frank, is set in 1884 and centers on Frank Griffin (Daniels), a menacing outlaw who is terrorizing the West as he hunts down Roy Goode (Unbroken’s Jack O’Connell), his son-like partner turned mortal enemy. While Roy hides at Alice Fletcher’s ranch, Frank’s chase leads him to the quiet town of La Belle, N.M. — which is mysteriously made up of entirely women.
With the recent trend of UFC fighters such as Benson Henderson and Rory MacDonald deciding to pack up and head to Bellator MMA, UFC welterweight Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone has decided to take the road less traveled. Following his second round TKO win over Rick Story at UFC 202 this past Saturday (August 20, 2016), ‘Cowboy’
With the recent trend of UFC fighters such as Benson Henderson and Rory MacDonald deciding to pack up and head to Bellator MMA, UFC welterweight Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone has decided to take the road less traveled.
Following his second round TKO win over Rick Story at UFC 202 this past Saturday (August 20, 2016), ‘Cowboy’ has officially inked a new eight-fight deal with the promotion he’s called home for the past five years.
‘Cowboy’ spoke to the media, courtesy of MMA Junkie, to discuss his contract situation shortly following his win over Story, and remained adamant that he is a ‘UFC guy’ and loves fighting for the promotion:
“I’m a UFC guy, man – I’m not going anywhere,” Cerrone said. “I talked to (new UFC CEO) Ari (Emanuel) and they seem very happy with me, so I see big things with this company.
I feel like I’m a veteran of this sport, man. I love it. I love fighting for the UFC, and this is my drug. I need it as much as I can – I feel like a crackhead up here already looking for another fight.”
The Jackson-Wink product stayed true to his word, as he will stick around to compete in the Octagon for another eight contests.
Although Cerrone has looked impressive as of late during his welterweight tenure, the former 155-pound title challenger may be dropping back down to the lightweight division as he has expressed interest in challenging current champion Eddie Alvarez.
Cerrone already holds a win over Alvarez in his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, as he defeated ‘The Silent Assassin’ via unanimous decision at UFC 178 back in 2014.
Do you think ‘Cowboy’ deserves the next shot at the 155-pound throne? How does he fare against Alvarez a second time around?
Following what was a crazy night at UFC Fight Night 89 in Ottawa this past Saturday (June 18, 2016), some big moves have been made to the 170-pound rankings following a pair of electrifying welterweight contests. Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson bested former title challenger Rory MacDonald in their main event contest, after five rounds of what turned
Following what was a crazy night at UFC Fight Night 89 in Ottawa this past Saturday (June 18, 2016), some big moves have been made to the 170-pound rankings following a pair of electrifying welterweight contests.
Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson bested former title challenger Rory MacDonald in their main event contest, after five rounds of what turned out to be a beautiful technical war between the two mixed martial artists, by taking home a unanimous decision win over ‘The Red King’ in his home country of Canada. The one-sided victory boosted Thompson past MacDonald into the top spot on the 170-pound rankings. Heading into his murky contract negotiations, MacDonald sits at the No. 2 spot following two losses to the champion and top-ranked combatant.
Also at 170 pounds, Demian Maia moved up to the No. 3 spot without fighting, tying title contender Tyron Woodley.
In the co-main event of the evening, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone made some noise of his own in the welterweight division even though he typically competes in the deeply talented pool that is the UFC 155-pound weight class, by appearing on the 170-pound rankings after knocking out Patrick Cote in the third round of their bout in Ottawa. The dominant win saw Cerrone debut at No. 14, pushing Thiago Alves down to No. 15.
The next biggest move of significance was Joanne Calderwood’s rise up the women’s strawweight rankings following her brutal third-round TKO of former title contender Valerie Letourneau. Calderwood skyrocketed five spots up the 115-pound ranks to No.7 for the win, after which she declared she was ‘broke as hell’ and would have to get a job in order to continue fighting.
You can check out the full updated rankings in their entirety courtesy of UFC.comright here:
POUND-FOR-POUND 1 Jon Jones 2 Demetrious Johnson 3 Dominick Cruz 4 Robbie Lawler 5 Rafael Dos Anjos 6 Conor McGregor 7 Daniel Cormier 8 Jose Aldo 9 Michael Bisping 10 Frankie Edgar 11 Stipe Miocic 12 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 13 Luke Rockhold 14 Chris Weidman 15 Fabricio Werdum
FLYWEIGHT Champion: Demetrious Johnson 1 Joseph Benavidez 2 Henry Cejudo 3 Jussier Formiga 4 Kyoji Horiguchi 5 Ian McCall 6 John Moraga 7 Zach Makovsky 8 Wilson Reis 9 Ali Bagautinov +1 10 Dustin Ortiz -1 11 Justin Scoggins 12 Louis Smolka 13 Ray Borg 14 Sergio Pettis 15 Ben Nguyen
BANTAMWEIGHT Champion: Dominick Cruz 1 TJ Dillashaw 2 Urijah Faber 3 Raphael Assuncao 4 Bryan Caraway 5 Michael McDonald 6 Aljamain Sterling 7 Cody Garbrandt 8 John Lineker 9 John Dodson -1 10 Thomas Almeida 11 Takeya Mizugaki 12 Frankie Saenz 13 Johnny Eduardo 14 Jimmie Rivera 15 Eddie Wineland
FEATHERWEIGHT Champion: Conor McGregor 1 Jose Aldo 2 Frankie Edgar 3 Max Holloway 4 Chad Mendes 5 Ricardo Lamas 6 Cub Swanson 7 Charles Oliveira 8 Jeremy Stephens 9 Dennis Bermudez 10 Brian Ortega 11 Hacran Dias 12 Darren Elkins 13 Yair Rodriguez 14 Tatsuya Kawajiri 15 Mirsad Bektic
LIGHTWEIGHT Champion: Rafael Dos Anjos 1 Khabib Nurmagomedov 2 Eddie Alvarez 3 Tony Ferguson 4 Donald Cerrone 5 Nate Diaz 6 Edson Barboza 7 Anthony Pettis 8 Michael Johnson 9 Dustin Poirier 10 Michael Chiesa 11 Beneil Dariush 12 Al Iaquinta 13 Evan Dunham +1 14 Rashid Magomedov -1 15 Francisco Trinaldo
WELTERWEIGHT Champion: Robbie Lawler 1 Stephen Thompson +1 2 Rory MacDonald -1 3 Tyron Woodley 3 Demian Maia +1 5 Carlos Condit 6 Johny Hendricks 7 Neil Magny 8 Matt Brown 9 Rick Story +1 9 Dong Hyun Kim 11 Gunnar Nelson 12 Kelvin Gastelum 13 Tarec Saffiedine 14 Donald Cerrone *NR 15 Thiago Alves -1
MIDDLEWEIGHT Champion: Michael Bisping 1 Luke Rockhold 2 Chris Weidman 3 Jacare Souza 4 Vitor Belfort 5 Anderson Silva 6 Robert Whittaker 7 Lyoto Machida 8 Gegard Mousasi 9 Uriah Hall 10 Derek Brunson +1 11 Tim Kennedy -1 12 Thales Leites 13 Dan Henderson 14 Rafael Natal 15 Thiago Santos -1
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: Daniel Cormier 1 Jon Jones (Interim Champion) 2 Anthony Johnson 3 Glover Teixeira 4 Alexander Gustafsson 5 Ryan Bader 6 Ovince Saint Preux 7 Mauricio Rua 8 Rashad Evans 9 Jimi Manuwa 10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 11 Nikita Krylov 12 Corey Anderson 13 Ilir Latifi 14 Patrick Cummins 15 Gian Villante
HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: Stipe Miocic 1 Fabricio Werdum 2 Cain Velasquez 3 Alistair Overeem 4 Junior Dos Santos 5 Ben Rothwell 6 Andrei Arlovski 7 Travis Browne 8 Mark Hunt 9 Josh Barnett 10 Roy Nelson 11 Frank Mir +1 12 Derrick Lewis -1 13 Stefan Struve 14 Ruslan Magomedov 15 Alexey Oliynyk
The UFC is back in Canada tomorrow night (June 18, 2016) for UFC Fight Night 89, and the huge night of fights is headlined by hometown hero, and No. 1-ranked welterweight in the world, Rory MacDonald and No. 2-ranked Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson. The card is also co-main evented by Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone and Patrick Cote
The UFC is back in Canada tomorrow night (June 18, 2016) for UFC Fight Night 89, and the huge night of fights is headlined by hometown hero, and No. 1-ranked welterweight in the world, Rory MacDonald and No. 2-ranked Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson.
The card is also co-main evented by Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone and Patrick Cote in a welterweight bout, granted Cerrone typically competes in the 155-pound division.
Aside from the two colossal bouts set to headline the night of fights in Ottawa, theres plenty of more action fight fans seem to be overlooking that we’re going to look into today. Here is an in-depth look at the UFC Fight Night 89 main card:
Fight 1: Valerie Letourneau vs Joanne Calderwood (Women’s Flyweight Bout)
Set to kick off the night is the first ever women’s flyweight bout in UFC history, when No. 5-ranked women’s starawweight Valerie Letourneau takes on No. 12-ranked Joanne Calderwood.
Letourneau (8-4) is coming off of a 115-pound title bout defeat to current champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 193, via unanimous decision in the night’s co-main event.
The American Top Team (ATT) product is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Bruno Fernandes, and also possesses some of the best striking in the women’s 115-pound division.
Calderwood (10-1) is an impressive prospect out of Scotland, being the country’s first female mixed martial artist, who is also alumni from The Ultimate Fighter 20 (TUF 20) in which she made it as far as the quarterfinals of the tournament.
‘JoJo’ has only lost one bout in her professional career, and is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Cortney Casey at UFC Fight Night 72 nearly a year ago in July. Calderwood holds a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and is a Muay Thai specialist having held four titles in the sport.
Both women possess incredible standup skills and have proven to be fairly even on the ground, however, Letourneau is ranked as high as a -190 favorite to win the bout and has faced far greater competition throughout her career. Expect a standup brawl from these two women when they step inside the Octagon.
Fight 2: Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs Thibault Gouti (Lightweight)
Next up is a lightweight bout between young UFC veteran Olivier Aubin-Mercier, and a man who comes off his first career loss in Thibault Gouti.
Mercier (7-2) has won three of his last five career UFC bouts, however, his last Octagon appearance in January saw him dropping a unanimous decision bout to Carlos Diego Ferreira at UFC on FOX 18.
‘The Quebec Kid’ is extremely talented on the ground as he holds a black belt in Judo to go along with a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Seven of Mercier’s eight career victories have come via submission, giving him the clear edge in the ground game department.
Gouti (11-1) comes off of the first loss of his professional mixed martial arts career, when he was defeated by Teemu Packalen via rear-naked choke at UFC Fight Night 84 in the first round.
The 29-year-old Frenchman is no slouch on the ground himself, however, as six of his eleven career victories have come via submission.
Mercier is a highly skilled ground practitioner and could dictate the majority of the fight should it go to the ground, which is most likely why he is ranked as much as a -450 favorite to win the bout.
Fight 3: Steve Bosse vs Sean O’Connell (Light Heavyweight)
The third bout slated for the main card is set to go down in the 205-pound division, when Steve ‘The Boss’ Bosse takes on Sean ‘The Real OC’ O’Connell.
Bosse (11-2) comes off of a first round knockout victory over James Te-Huna at UFC Fight Night 85 in his second UFC bout, once again utilizing his vicious striking power.
‘The Boss’ possesses game changing power in his hands, holding nine knockout wins of his eleven career victories.
O’Connell (17-7) has won two of his last four bouts inside the Octagon, including most recently a devastating knockout loss to the heavy handed Illir Latifi at UFC Fight Night 81 this past January.
‘The Real OC’ is an exciting fighter who isn’t afraid to stand and bang with any man in the 205-divison, and has even taken home Fight of the Night honors two times in his two-year UFC career.
Bosse is as much as a -160 favorite to walk away with the win Saturday night, and it’s most likely due in large part to the Canadian’s vicious knockout power.
Fight 4: Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone vs Patrick Cote (Welterweight)
Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone is making his second appearance in the UFC’s 170-pound division, to take on former middleweight title-challenger Patrick Cote in the evenings co-main event.
Cerrone (29-7-1) has only lost once in his last three years inside the Octagon, with his last bout resulting in a first round submission victory over Alex Oliveira in his welterweight debut.
‘Cowboy’ is an excellent striker due in large part to his extensive kickboxing and Muay Thai background, and also holds a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Cote (23-9) is on a three-fight win streak as his only loss in four years came in a unanimous decision loss to Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson. ‘The Predator’ is an extremely well rounded fighter as well, as he holds black belts in Muay Thai, Judo, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
These two men are pretty evenly matched up and will most likely put on a very exciting contest, however, ‘Cowboy’ is as much as a -175 favorite to emerge victorious.
Rory MacDonald vs Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson (Welterweight)
The main of event of the evening is headlined by No. 1-ranked Rory MacDonald and No. 2-ranked Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson for a possible shot at the 170-pound title.
MacDonald (18-3) is coming off a one-year-layoff from the sport after engaging in a bloody title bout brawl with Robbie Lawler back at UFC 189 last July.
The Tristar Gym product is an extremely well rounded mixed martial artist who shows some incredibly technical striking, and possessing a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under David Lea.
Thompson (12-1) is currently on a six-fight win streak since suffering his first career loss to Matt Brown in 2012, with his most recent victory saw ‘Wonderboy’ finishing former 170-pound champion Johnny Hendricks in their bout at UFC Fight Night 82.
‘Wonderboy’ is one of the UFC’s most dynamic and feared strikers due to his impressive kickboxing career, that included fifty-seven wins in route to an undefeated record.
Due to the undeniably elite striking level of both men, oddsmakers results have revealed to be scattered on who they believe will emerge victorious in the night’s main event.
UFC Fight Night 89 is live on FS1 tomorrow (June 18, 2016) and is headlined by a welterweight clash between Rory MacDonald and Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson.
Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone loves to fight, he loves to fight so much that the No. 4-ranked lightweight in the world is set to step into the Octagon this Saturday night (June 18, 2016) in a welterweight bout against Patrick Cote. ‘Cowboy'(29-7-1) is coming off of an impressive first round submission victory over Alex Oliveira in
Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone loves to fight, he loves to fight so much that the No. 4-ranked lightweight in the world is set to step into the Octagon this Saturday night (June 18, 2016) in a welterweight bout against Patrick Cote.
‘Cowboy'(29-7-1) is coming off of an impressive first round submission victory over Alex Oliveira in February, following an upsetting first round TKO loss to Rafael dos Anjos in their title bout last December.
Now Cerrone is ready to get back inside the Octagon and throw down with Cote in Saturday’s co-main event, and in a recent interview (Courtesy of MMAJunkie) this week ‘Cowboy’ stated that he’s feeling ‘pretty young’ heading into the 170-pound contest:
“I feel pretty young in the middle of my career right now,” Cerrone said. “I just like to fight. I love it.
I don’t understand people who want to fight twice a year. Like, what do you do with your money? Because I blow through that (expletive). I need more. I just love it.
The 33-year-old admits he can’t fight forever and dreads the day he has to hang up the gloves for good, which is why he currently relishes in the moment each and every time he steps into the Octagon today:
“Saturday night, when you make that walk, there’s not a feeling like it in the world. So when that any given Sunday stops, it’s going to be a (expletive) feeling.
I don’t know what I’m going to do – I’m going to go crazy. Right now, I suck it up every time and I walk out and I’m like, ‘This is so cool, man.’”
Cerrone, who typically competes in the 155-pound division, was asked how big a factor the size difference will be come fight night as he steps into the Octagon with a man in Cote who has to cut down to 170 pounds:
“Absolutely, size is going to be a big factor,” Cerrone said. “I’ll walk into the fight literally 176, 177 pounds. He’s probably going to be closer to 200, 205.
They have weight limits for a reason, but it don’t matter. The handcuff on his lungs will probably come in the second round. Then I’ll be able to do whatever the (expletive) I want.”
Although he is treading in somewhat unfamiliar waters in the 170-pound division this weekend, Cerrone was adamant that he is just ‘having fun’ and will continue to compete in the lightweight division he calls home. ‘Cowboy’ did, however, mention the 185-pound division as a potential future landing spot:
“I’m just doing this (fight) just because,” Cerrone said. “155 is where I want to be. That’s where I plan on being. I just took a little sabbatical to stay active – just playing, having fun.
I like fighting. I would fight 185 – I literally would. But we’ll see Saturday night if weight makes a difference.
Does he hit harder? Probably. Am I faster? Definitely. (I’m) way better looking.”
‘Cowboy’ and Cote will clash in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 89, live on FS1 from the TD Arena in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on June 18, 2016.
You can check out Cerrone’s interview here bellow:
The UFC will be headed to Pittsburgh on Sunday where Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (28-7) will clash with fellow cowboy Alex Oliveira (14-2-1). Both fighters fight at both 155 and at 170. Here is a breakdown of the two fighters.
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The UFC will be headed to Pittsburgh on Sunday where Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (28-7) will clash with fellow cowboy Alex Oliveira (14-2-1). Both fighters fight at both 155 and at 170. Here is a breakdown of the two fighters.
Donald Cerrone: Cerrone will be making his Welterweight debut and making a quick turnaround after his December title loss against Lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos. Before his title fight loss, Cowboy was on an eight-fight win streak. The Colorado native has notable wins over Eddie Alvarez and Edson Barboza. Cerrone has had eight fights in the last two years.
Alex Oliveira: Oliveira is riding a three fight win streak right now with his recent win in November against Piotr Hallmann in a lighweight bout. He won that fight by first-round KO and won a “Performance of the Night” bonus. Cowboy is 2-0 at Welterweight
Fight 1: Valerie Letourneau vs Joanne Calderwood (Women’s Flyweight Bout)
Fight 2: Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs Thibault Gouti (Lightweight)
Fight 3: Steve Bosse vs Sean O’Connell (Light Heavyweight)
Fight 4: Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone vs Patrick Cote (Welterweight) 
Rory MacDonald vs Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson (Welterweight)