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If a Cleveland sports radio host is to be believed, UFC’s November debut in New York City’s Madison Square Garden has its first big name fight: Robbie Lawler vs. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.
92.5 The Fan radio host Anthony Lima tweeted that Dana White told him during an interview that papers have been signed off for that fight between two of the sport’s most fan-friendly fighters.
Lawler (27-11) is coming off a July first round knockout loss to Tyron Woodley that saw Lawler lose the UFC welterweight title, a belt he had defended twice. That snapped a five-fight winning streak for the resurgent 34-year-old.
Cerrone (31-7-0-1) is having another career resurgence after moving up to 170 pounds earlier this year. In three fights thus far, he’s 3-0 with finishes in all three. He’s no stranger to filling up his fight calendar and a November tilt would be his fourth of the calendar year.
The 33-year-old Cerrone had competed at lightweight for years with the only two losses on his ledger being to former champion Rafael dos Anjos. Between those defeats, Cerrone had won eight in a row.
With Demian Maia and Stephen Thompson angling for welterweight title shots, plus the looming shadow of a returning Georges St. Pierre, UFC’s welterweight division continues to get interesting.
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