Donald Cerrone Has Big News for Fans- Agrees to Fight in September
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UFC welterweight contenders Niko Price and Donald Cerrone have verbally agreed to meet on September 19. The date currently has the UFC 253 PPV penciled in, however, as per Ariel Helwani, the UFC may push it back by a week. Hence, fans cannot say with certainty that Cerrone will have a third consecutive fight on PPV.
As per Brett Okamoto, “Breaking: Cowboy Cerrone and Niko Price have verbally agreed to meet on Sept. 19, per multiple sources. Stylistically, hell of a fight. Should be all action.”
Breaking: Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) and Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) have verbally agreed to meet on Sept. 19, per multiple sources. Stylistically, hell of a fight. Should be all action.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) August 14, 2020
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Cerrone has frequently jumped weight classes during his tenure with the UFC. However, in 2020 he has featured prominently in welterweight. Furthermore, fans can assume that the 170 pounds division will be where they collide as Price is yet to feature in a non-welterweight bout in his career.
Donald Cerrone and Niko Price will look for their first win in 2020
‘Cowboy’ is on a four-fight losing streak in the UFC. These defeats came after he won three in a row and clashed with lightweight fighter Tony Ferguson. The doctor stopped the bout at the end of the second round.
Later, Cerrone took on Justin Gaethje and suffered yet another TKO defeat. In 2020, ‘Cowboy’ moved up to welterweight but fell victim to a knee and many shoulder barges from Conor McGregor.
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Next, he took on Anthony Pettis on the preliminary card of UFC 249. He lasted the distance for the first time in a year, but lost the fight on the judges’ scorecards.
Read: “Replay that S**t!”- Anthony Pettis on the Eye Poke Against Donald Cerrone
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Cerrone knows he is running out of time to secure a win in 2020 and avoid a winless year akin to 2017. In Niko Price, he faces a fighter who is on a similar mission.
‘The Hybrid’ also featured at UFC 249 in Jacksonville and took on Vicente Luque on the preliminary card. Here he went down via a final round doctor stoppage TKO.
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Price has won ten out of his fourteen fights via knockout, and Cerrone has 75% of his wins in the form of finishes. Hence, the duo will provide an enticing matchup on paper.
Which fighter will you back to secure their first win for 2020?
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