Donald Cerrone will fight with Joe Lauzon on June 18 at UFC on ESPN 37

Posted by review2015 on May 12, 2022

Donald Cerrone

The fight between UFC veterans Donald Cerrone (36-16) and Joe Lauzon (28-15) has been rescheduled for June 18 at UFC on ESPN 37 in Austin, USA. This was announced by journalist Marcel Dorf on his Twitter.

 

The fight was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 274 in Phoenix, but the bout was cancelled due to health issues with Cerrone.

 

Cerrone is on a 5-game losing streak. In the last fight, Cerrone lost to Alex Moreno (21-7) by technical knockout in the first round. The fight took place on May 8, 2021, at UFC on ESPN 24 in Las Vegas, USA.

 

Lauzon won the last fight against Jonathan Pierce (10-4), sending the American to a technical knockout in the first round. The fight took place on October 18, 2019, at UFC on ESPN 6 in Boston, USA.

 

Nate Diaz agreed to fight Michael Chandler: “Send me the contract, it’s time.”

 

UFC welterweight Nate Diaz (20-13) has announced that he is ready to return to the octagon in the summer at UFC 277 against recent UFC 274 triumphant Michael Chandler (23-7).

 

“The UFC hasn’t given me a fight for a year now. Now Chandler is clearly ready to fight. Send me the contract, it’s time,” Diaz tweeted.

 

Diaz is on a two-game losing streak. In his last fight, which took place on June 12, 2021, at UFC 263, he lost by unanimous decision to Leon Edwards (19-3). Also, Diaz has repeatedly stated that the UFC does not give him fights.

 

In the second round, Chandler defeated Tony Ferguson (23-5) by knockout. The fight took place on May 8 at UFC 274 in Phoenix, USA. Brian Ortega will face Yair Rodriguez on July 16 at UFC Fight Night.

 

UFC Featherweight No. 2 Brian Ortega (15-2) will take on Yair Rodriguez (13-3) on July 16 at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas, USA. The fight will take place in the main event of the evening and will be a five-round fight. This was reported by the information portal Sherdog.

 

Ortega in the previous fight lost to the reigning featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovskiy (23-1) by unanimous decision. The fight took place on September 25, 2021, at UFC 266 in Las Vegas, USA.

 

Rodriguez lost to former featherweight champion Max Holloway (23-6) unanimously in his last fight. The fight took place on November 13, 2021, at UFC Fight Night 197 in Las Vegas, USA.