Donald Cerrone, Joe Lauzon to Meet at UFC Fight Night Card on April 30

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It may come as a shock that these two Ultimate Fighting Championship all-action
mainstays have never crossed paths before.
MMA Junkie
was the first to break the news on Friday that
Donald
Cerrone
(36-16, 2 NC) will throw down with Joe Lauzon
(28-15) at lightweight on April
30. The UFC Fight Night card
on that date does not currently
have a destination, but it has been confirmed by the promotion’s
broadcast partner of ESPN
shortly after its announcement. There is no main event scheduled
for the event yet, and this new bout likely serves as the highest
billed fight of the lineup thus far.

The two longtime vets combine for 64 Octagon appearances, and they
have taken home an incredible 33 post-fight bonus checks over their
storied careers. Cerrone will tie the record for the most
appearances in company history with 38 when he competes against
Lauzon, and is in search of extending his top spot for the most
victories in the UFC with 23. Despite this distinction, “Cowboy”
has not picked up a win since 2019, when he topped Al Iaquinta
in a five-round decision. Five losses and a draw overturned to a no
contest due to a failed drug test from Niko Price
give the BMF Ranch founder a rough stretch the last several
years.

Lauzon was expected to have retired when he put Jonathan
Pearce
away in 93 seconds in Boston at UFC on ESPN 6, but he
later disputed claims of this. The win over Pearce put an end to a
three-fight losing streak made in 2017 and 2018, when he fell short
to Steven
Ray
, Clay Guida and
Chris
Gruetzemacher
in the span of a year. This will be Lauzon’s 28th
UFC outing, where he aims to be the 13th man to achieve this feat.
The 13-finish tally for “J-Lau” over the years is currently tied
with several other competitors for the sixth-most in organizational
history.

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