Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz at UFC 141 in Vegas on 12/30
‘Cowboy’ Cerrone says he wants to fight as often as possible, and it looks like he will, on the UFC 141…
‘Cowboy’ Cerrone says he wants to fight as often as possible, and it looks like he will, on the UFC 141 card headlined by a heavyweight collission between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem.
Cowboy crushed Dennis Siver on Saturday night to run his UFC record to 4-0 in 2011, and six fight win streak overall. Cerrone had previously said he hoped to move to featherweight for a grudge match with Nam Phan.
Diaz dominated Takanori Gomi at UFC 135 in his return to the welterweight division, after dropping two in a row.
Multiple sources close to the event today informed MMAjunkie.com that Donald Cerrone and Nate Diaz have verbally agreed to meet at UFC 141, in a fight that will be part of the event’s main card, which airs live on pay-per-view.
UFC 141 takes place Dec. 30 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Cerrone vs. Diaz is expected to be As MMAjunkie.com first reported, the event also gets a two-fight “UFC Prelims” special on Spike TV.
The UFC 141 card to date includes:
Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem
Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks
Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Sean Pierson
T.J. Grant vs. Jacob Volkmann