Alexander Hernandez was humbled by a veteran opponent at UFC Fight Night 143, as he suffered just his second career defeat against Donald Cerrone at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday night.
Hernandez started quickly, stunning “Cowboy” with some heavy punches early in the evening’s featured preliminary bout on ESPN network. But once Cerrone settled in, he was able to batter Hernandez with multi-strike combinations before finishing the lightweight contest with a head kick and follow-up punches 3:43 into the second round.
It was a valuable lesson for Hernandez, who began his promotional tenure with a 42-second knockout of Beneil Dariush before outpointing Olivier Aubin-Mercier in his second UFC outing.