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UFC 187 offers Donald Cerrone high risk, very little reward

Ty O'Keefe May 21, 2015 MMA, UFC 0 Views

Donald Cerrone

After winning his way to a memorable month of January with pair of unanimous-decision victories over Myles Jury and Benson Henderson, long-time contender Donald Cerrone had finally been given his chance to earn a shot at the lightweight title in a scheduled-showdown with Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 187.

But just days after proudly claiming to be ”100 percent” in an interview with MMA Junkie following a long layoff resulting from last summer’s knee injury, Nurmagomedov’s now notorious knee troubles struck again late last month, and Cerrone’s opportunity vanished.