Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone has stepped up to fight at the UFC Fight Night 59 fight-card on Jan. 18 in Boston, two days after his impressive victory over Myles Jury.
He’ll replace Eddie Alvarez who originally signed up to face former UFC champion, Benson Henderson.
With the fight in Boston, now less than two weeks away, Cerrone will have fought six times in the span of 12 months. But even for Cerrone, this is an incredibly short turnaround time.
Cowboy beat Alvarez on his UFC debut in September, before defeating Jury via unanimous decision on Saturday. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, and a win over the former titleholder at UFC Fight Night 59 could seal him his own shot at the belt.
Cerrone and Henderson have fought twice before, according to MMA Fighting. Both those fights were for the WEC lightweight title, and both were won by Bendo.
But Cerrone is on the run of his life. Six straight wins in the UFC’s toughest, meanest division.
Henderson, on the other hand, is coming off a first-round TKO loss to No. 1 contender, Rafael dos Anjos.
However, despite his string of victories, Cerrone was decidedly unhappy about his last performance. As he grounded out a lopsided victory, some of the crowd began to boo.
"I'm a guy, I don't like hearing boos," Cerrone said (h/t MMA Fighting). "My legacy is I want to be fighting my ass off every time, so I don't consider that a win. I'm not happy with my performance and I'm gonna go watch the tape and figure out what I need to do to capitalize if that happens again."
He’ll have a chance to put that right against Bendo.
The two men are set to face each other in the co-main event, with Irishman Conor McGregor taking on Germany’s Dennis Siver in the headliner.
