Donald Cerrone says he’s returning to the octagon to get to 50 fights underneath the UFC promotional umbrella.
“Cowboy” stated in an Instagram post that he needs two extra UFC fights to hit that good spherical quantity after retiring following his sixth straight loss at UFC 276. Within the bout, Cerrone was submitted by Jim Miller on the July 2022 Worldwide Battle Week card.
Cerrone is winless within the octagon since a Could 2019 win over Al Iaquinta in the primary occasion of UFC on ESPN+ 9, which on the time, prolonged a successful streak to a few fights. Since then, he was stopped by the likes of Tony Ferguson, Justin Gaethje, Conor McGregor, Alex Morono, and dropped a choice to Anthony Pettis.
The 41-year-old fought for the UFC light-weight title in December 2015 the place he was stopped in 66 seconds by Rafael dos Anjos.
Right here’s how professional fighters reacted to the Cerrone information.
Does a bunch of steroids and comes again ♂️
— Johnny Eblen (@JohnnyEblen) October 15, 2024
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COWBOY BACK IN THE SADDLE
Donald Cerrone TROTS out of the GLUE FACTORY and needs 2 UFC fights for 50 with ZUFFA
Cowboy was FIT TO BE TIED as he turned Melvin Guillard in to a GELDING and earned the uncommon Battle and KO of the Night time DOUBLE BONUS at UFC 150
WILD :76 RIDE#UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/0OG2umgkkD
— “Filthy” Tom Lawlor (@FilthyTomLawlor) October 15, 2024
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