Donald Cerrone now has two Ultimate Fighting Championship divisions in which to play.
The longtime lightweight contender made the successful leap to 170 pounds, as he submitted Alex Oliveira with a first-round triangle choke in the UFC Fight Night “Cerrone vs. Oliveira” main event on Sunday at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Cerrone coaxed the tapout 2:33 into round one.
No one yet knows if Cerrone plans to stay at welterweight or return to more familiar haunts at 155 pounds. He has already fought virtually every viable player in the lightweight division, from reigning champion Rafael dos Anjos (twice), Eddie Alvarez and Edson Barboza to Nate Diaz and Anthony Pettis.