It wasn’t long ago that a small but noticeable trickle of eulogies had begun being penned for the career of Donald Cerrone. Look back to last year and they’re easy to find. After suffering the first three-fight losing streak of his career, and dropping four of five fights overall, it was fair for even the most ardent Cerrone believers to wonder whether the mileage “Cowboy” put on his body over all of those years had begun to catch up with him.
But those eulogies can be thrown into the trash heap now.
As is only fitting, Cerrone proved he still belongs among the world’s best in the most Cerrone way possible, picking up back-to-back wins in a span of three months with sensational stoppages of up-and-coming contenders Mike Perry and Alexander Hernandez, the latter of which took place at UFC Brooklyn.