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UFC 214 Secures Third Title Fight With Tyron Woodley-Demian Maia

The second UFC pay-per-view in July is shaping up to be a historical event, as a third title will be on the line when Tyron Woodley defends his welterweight belt vs. Demian Maia. Woodley, co-hosting UFC Tonight Wednesday night, kicked off the program by making the announcement. “I’ll be taking on backpack, backpack. Demian Maia […]

The second UFC pay-per-view in July is shaping up to be a historical event, as a third title will be on the line when Tyron Woodley defends his welterweight belt vs. Demian Maia. Woodley, co-hosting UFC Tonight Wednesday night, kicked off the program by making the announcement. “I’ll be taking on backpack, backpack. Demian Maia […]

UFC 214 Secures Third Title Fight With Tyron Woodley-Demian Maia

The second UFC pay-per-view in July is shaping up to be a historical event, as a third title will be on the line when Tyron Woodley defends his welterweight belt vs. Demian Maia. Woodley, co-hosting UFC Tonight Wednesday night, kicked off the program by making the announcement. “I’ll be taking on backpack, backpack. Demian Maia […]

The second UFC pay-per-view in July is shaping up to be a historical event, as a third title will be on the line when Tyron Woodley defends his welterweight belt vs. Demian Maia. Woodley, co-hosting UFC Tonight Wednesday night, kicked off the program by making the announcement. “I’ll be taking on backpack, backpack. Demian Maia […]

Donald Cerrone Explains Why He Can’t Fight At UFC 213

Donald Cerrone and Robbie Lawler were originally scheduled to fight at UFC 205 last November at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Shortly after the bout was announced, however, Lawler, who hasn’t competed since surrendering his welterweight title to Tyron Woodley last July, was forced to withdraw from the fight. Cerrone then went on […]

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Donald Cerrone and Robbie Lawler were originally scheduled to fight at UFC 205 last November at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Shortly after the bout was announced, however, Lawler, who hasn’t competed since surrendering his welterweight title to Tyron Woodley last July, was forced to withdraw from the fight.

Cerrone then went on to fight twice, stopping Matt Brown at UFC 206 last December and losing to Jorge Masvidal this past January, before the UFC once again booked him against Lawler at July 8’s UFC 213 from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Unfortunately, the bout has once again fallen apart.

Earlier today, it was reported that Cerrone was injured and unable to compete, although he recently took to his official Instagram account to reveal that he hadn’t suffered an injury, but rather a ‘super bad infection’ in his blood:

Like the Cerrone said, the plan is to reschedule the fight. MMAFighting.com reported that the fight could happen just a few weeks later at UFC 214 on July 29 in Anaheim, California.

UFC 214 is already set to feature two title fights, as light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will take on Jon Jones, while Cris Cyborg and Tonya Evinger will fight for the vacant featherweight title, so the addition of Lawler vs. Cerrone would only add more fire power to the card.

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Donald Cerrone Confirms Bad Infection Knocked him From UFC 213

Donald Cerrone has never had to pull out of a planned fight before. That all changed on Wednesday, as “Cowboy” was forced out of a meeting next month vs. Robbie Lawler at UFC 213. On social media, Cerrone explained that he isn’t injured, but an infection is to blame for the exit. “Let everyone know […]

Donald Cerrone has never had to pull out of a planned fight before. That all changed on Wednesday, as “Cowboy” was forced out of a meeting next month vs. Robbie Lawler at UFC 213. On social media, Cerrone explained that he isn’t injured, but an infection is to blame for the exit. “Let everyone know […]

Cyborg Blames Opponent Change on Megan Anderson’s ‘Irresponsibility’

Originally, Cris Cyborg Justino was scheduled to take on Megan Anderson at July 29’s UFC 214 from Anaheim, California for the vacant UFC featherweight title, but late last night, it was announced that Anderson had withdrawn from the bout. Now, Cyborg will be taking on Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger. In a statement released […]

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Originally, Cris Cyborg Justino was scheduled to take on Megan Anderson at July 29’s UFC 214 from Anaheim, California for the vacant UFC featherweight title, but late last night, it was announced that Anderson had withdrawn from the bout. Now, Cyborg will be taking on Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger.

In a statement released to Combate, Cyborg blamed the opponent change on the ‘irresponsibility’ of Anderson, although she also said that a bout with Evinger will be more ‘exciting’:

“I’m always training to evolve technically with each fight,” the statement, in her native Portuguese, reads. “I’m prepared to fight anyone. As for the change in opponent, we can say it’s the result of Megan’s and her manager’s irresponsibility. As for Tonya, she’s a great opponent. She’s been winning her past 10 fights and is an example of how the world rankings should be independent from the UFC’s rankings.

“Tonya is a top-10 bantamweight and certainly deserves to be in a big platform. It will be a great fight and I believe that, with Tonya, it will be an even more exciting fight for the fans than the fight with Megan. The focus and the plan remain the same: going for the belt. Thank you to all my fans #CyborgNation.”

In her last 11 bouts, Evinger has compiled an impressive 10-0-1 record, while defending her 135-pound title three consecutive times to date. Despite her impressive record, Evinger will undoubtedly face the toughest test of her career when she meets Cyborg.

Cyborg has scored back-to-back stoppage victories inside the Octagon over the likes of Leslie Smith and Lina Lansberg.

UFC 214 is currently set to be headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between champion Daniel Cormier and returning ex-titleholder Jon Jones.

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Donald Cerrone vs. Robbie Lawler Possibly Moving to UFC 214 Due to Injury

It’s looks like we’ll have to wait a tad bit longer to see Donald Cerrone take on Robbie Lawler. MMAFighting.com is reporting that the welterweight clash between Cerrone and Lawler will likely be moved to UFC 214. The two were set to meet on July 8 on the main card of UFC 213. An injury […]

It’s looks like we’ll have to wait a tad bit longer to see Donald Cerrone take on Robbie Lawler. MMAFighting.com is reporting that the welterweight clash between Cerrone and Lawler will likely be moved to UFC 214. The two were set to meet on July 8 on the main card of UFC 213. An injury […]