Ĭerrone was again scheduled to face Rich Crunkilton on June 7, 2009, at WEC 41, but Crunkilton was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by James Krause. Varner was given time to recover, but he was unable to continue, noting that he had double vision and had sustained a broken hand. However, the fight was stopped prematurely in the fifth round when Cerrone hit Varner's temple with an illegal knee while Varner was still on the ground. The fight was highly competitive and won the Fight of the Night award. On January 25, 2009, at WEC 38 he fought WEC Lightweight Champion, Jamie Varner, losing via technical split decision. The performance earned both fighters the Fight of the Night award. Ĭerrone then faced Rob McCullough at WEC 36 on November 5, 2008. Cerrone won the bout via armbar in the first round. Ĭerrone was scheduled to face Rich Crunkilton at WEC 34, but Crunkilton was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Danny Castillo. Originally a win via submission in 56 seconds of the first round, the decision was changed to a no-contest when Cerrone tested positive hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diuretic.
His first fight in the promotion was against Kenneth Alexander. World Extreme Cagefighting Ĭerrone was signed to fight in the WEC. In 2006, Cerrone began training with Jon Jones, Rashad Evans, Nathan Marquardt, Keith Jardine, Georges St-Pierre, Leonard Garcia, Tom Watson and other skilled MMA fighters at Greg Jackson's Submission Fighting Gaidojutsu school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mixed martial arts career Ĭerrone began his career in Commerce City, Colorado at a gym called Freedom Fighters. After winning a few kickboxing competitions, Cerrone pursued a career in mixed martial arts (MMA). At the age of 20, by advise of a friend, Cerrone began training in kickboxing and then later Muay Thai.
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She would sometimes bail Donald and his friends out of jail after they got into another fight and according to Cerrone himself that the next morning she would never bring up exactly what happened the night before, she would just repeat the phrase "you know what you did" and leave it at that.Ĭerrone attended Air Academy High School, where he began professional bull riding. Donald claimed that Jerry took him in with open arms. When Cerrone was about 16 his parents were fed up with his behavior and sent him off to go live with his paternal grandmother Jerry Cerrone. He would eventually start street fighting and would often end up in jail overnight. Growing up he was considered a troubled child. At a young age, Cerrone was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder but never received treatment for it. Cerrone was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in July 2023.Ĭerrone was born in Denver, Colorado and is of Irish and Italian descent. He competed in the Lightweight and Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Eliot Marshall īlack belt in Gaidojutsu ĭonald Anthony Cerrone (born March 29, 1983), known professionally by his nickname " Cowboy", is an American retired mixed martial artist, actor, and former professional kickboxer.
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