Donald Cerrone and Joe Lauzon have a new date.
Cerrone and Lauzon were originally expected to face each other at a UFC Fight Night event on April 30; however, multiple sources have confirmed that the bout will now take place at UFC 274 on May 7th. MMA Junkie was first to report the change in date.
Although they have more than 60 combined UFC bouts between them, “Cowboy”, and Lauzon, are both the most experienced fighters in the UFC. However, the men have been through some tough times. Cerrone has gone 0-5 with one no contest in his last six fights, while Lauzon has not competed in over two years and is 2-4 over his last six bouts. Still, with the two men combining for 13 Fight of the Nights and 20 other post-fight bonuses inside the UFC, the lightweight contest between the two fan favorites figures to be hotly anticipated.
Although UFC 274 has not yet established a venue, the main event will feature a fight for the light heavyweight title between Jiri Prochazka and champion Glover Teixeira. A lightweight title bout between champion Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje is set to serve as the co-main event.
MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Damon Martin contributed to this report.
