Donald Cowboy Cerrone News

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

Donald Cerrone had a successful debut at Welterweight about a month ago and hopes to continue at UFC Fight Night 89. The UFC should be announcing this fight very soon. It looks like Cerrone will be facing Canadian star Patrick Cote in Ottawa Ontario, Canada June 18. The pair will co-headline the event and is expected to air on FoxSports 1 and stream on UFC Fight Pass.

Chris Taylor - March 12, 2016

Since losing his octagon debut to Donald Cerrone via decision at UFC 178 in September of 2014, former Bellator champion Eddie Alvarez (27-4 MMA) has put together back-to-back victories over top contenders and former MMA champions Gilbert Melendez and Anthony Pettis inside of the octagon. The 32-year-old took to Twitter where he asked “who is next”, check it out:

bjpenndotcom - March 9, 2016

While former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre hasn’t competed inside the Octagon since he defeated Johny Hendricks via split decision at UFC 167 two and a half years ago, talks of GSP returning have remained consistent. Leading up to UFC 196 this past Saturday, MMA fans wondered if GSP could return for a superfight at UFC 200 with Conor McGregor, if he were to defeat Nate Diaz in the main event. Ultimately, as everyone knows by now, Diaz submitted McGregor in the 2nd round of their welterweight scrap.

bjpenndotcom - February 24, 2016

Yesterday after Rafael dos Anjos withdrew from his UFC 196 title fight against Conor McGregor, many top ranked fighters were scrambling to get the vacant spot opposite McGregor. For a while it seemed as though fan-favorite fighter Donald Cowboy Cerrone would get the fight. Cerrone hit the gym to start cutting weight and was just waiting on the official call from the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - February 23, 2016

The search for an opponent for Conor McGregor at UFC 196 is still underway. Since Rafael dos Anjos withdrew from their UFC 196 lightweight title fight on March 5th, there has been much speculation as to who will fill-in on short notice to fight McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - February 23, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - February 23, 2016

Early Tuesday morning it was revealed that UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had pulled out of his UFC 196 main event scrap against Conor McGregor. With the news of dos Anjos withdrawing from the fight there was much speculation as to who would offer to step in on short notice to save the main event. Many expected Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone to step in and take the fight given his ‘anyone, anytime, anywhere’ mentality in addition to the fact that he just fought on Sunday night.

bjpenndotcom - February 22, 2016

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone put a W back in the win column last night with a submission finish against Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira. His performance earned him a $50k bonus for the Jackson-Wink MMA product in what may be the beginnings of another “Cowboy” winning streak.

bjpenndotcom - February 22, 2016

Fight Night Pittsburgh came through with a night of fights as advertised. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Alex Oliveira capped the night of fights off in a main-event showdown of Cowboys.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

RT b/c IT's FIGHT DAY! #UFCPittsburgh goes down TONIGHT LIVE & FREE on @FS1! First bout at 5:30pmET on @UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/TNdVafMDGp — UFC (@ufc) February 21, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

It was on Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone’s list of things to do after Fight Night Pittsburgh. Cerrone had plans to upgrade his bike, but the guys at Harley Davidson beat him to the punch.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

What's in a name? #2Cowboys #UFCPittsburgh 👇 https://t.co/MQY8DgG05Z — UFC (@ufc) February 20, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

Sunday night in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, ‘UFC Fight Night: Pittsburgh’ will go down. The event will be headlined by a welterweight scrap between Donald Cerrone and Alex Oliveira.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

After Donald Cerrone’s UFC on FOX 17 loss to Rafael dos Anjos, it was revealed that Cerrone would be moving up to welterweight to face Tim Means in Pittsburgh. Ultimately, Means was pulled from the event after it was revealed that he potentially failed a USADA drug test. The UFC replaced Means with Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira in a battle of the Cowboy’s.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/kybdNrldMOM Sunday night in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone will face Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira in a matchup between two tough gritty lightweights fighting at welterweight.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/7ab4sHU5xNk Recently Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone found himself under fire after featherweight champion Conor McGregor stated that he believed Cerrone quit in his fight with Rafael dos Anjos.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/ESxxWkv089Y On Sunday Donald Cerrone and Alex Oliveira will step into the Octagon in Pittsburgh to square off for a highly anticipated lightweight scrap. Oliveira took the fight on short notice after Tim Means was forced to withdraw from the fight due to a potential USADA violation.

Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has a simple mentality with fighting in the UFC. “Cowboy” simply wants to fight. The UFC veteran who has his twentieth UFC fight on Feb. 21 at Pittsburgh’s CONSOL Energy Center at UFC Fight Night 83 will also set a new mark with 30 fights combined with the UFC and WEC promotions. “I just want to fight,” Cerrone told ESPN. “I’ve tried to go up and take fights at 170 pounds before and [the UFC] always told me no. Now, they’re telling me yes, so I’m like, ‘Hell yeah.’