Donald
Cerrone and Joe Lauzon
will get their chance to fight — only it will be a little more than
a month later than originally anticipated.
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The lightweight clash has been rescheduled for
UFC on ESPN 37 in Austin, Texas, on June 18.
ESPN was first to report the new date. Cerrone vs. Lauzon was
originally set for UFC 274 before a non-COVID related illness —
believed to be food poisoning — forced “Cowboy” to withdraw just
hours before the bout.
Shortly after his exit from the card, Cerrone announced that he
plans to fight two more times before calling it a career. The BMF
Ranch founder is winless in his last six promotional appearances
and is coming off a first-round TKO defeat to Alex Morono
at UFC on ESPN 24 on May 8.
Lauzon hasn’t competed since October 2019, when he halted a
three-bout skid with a first-round stoppage of Jonathan
Pearce at UFC on ESPN 6.
UFC on ESPN 37 takes place at the Moody Center and is headlined by
a featherweight tilt between Calvin
Kattar and Josh
Emmett.