{"id":201816,"date":"2016-08-22T13:53:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T20:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201816"},"modified":"2016-08-22T13:53:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T20:53:45","slug":"report-donald-cowboy-cerrone-offered-big-raise-fight-bellator-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/report-donald-cowboy-cerrone-offered-big-raise-fight-bellator-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Donald &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; Cerrone being offered a big raise to fight for Bellator MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC veteran Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone has had his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/cowboy-cerrone-according-to-my-pay-i-dont-mean-sht-to-the-ufc\/\">gripes with pay in the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the fan favorite has just finished the last fight on his UFC contract, there are some rumblings that Bellator MMA is offering &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; a big raise to jump ship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From a reliable source, Bellator offered Cowboy Cerrone $350k\/fight to come to Bellator.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; #Dizz \u00a9 (@TalkMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkMMA\/status\/767728347568803844\">August 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Cerrone is coming off a big win in the welterweight division<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-202-results\/clip-cowboy-cerrone-tkos-rick-story-ufc-202\/\"> over Rick Story<\/a> pocketing $85,000 to fight and another $85,000 to win in dislosed pay, the seasoned fighter <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/video-free-agent-donald-cerrone-wants-rematch-eddie-alvarez\/\">called out UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez<\/a> and also mentioned that he wants a new contract with the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Will Bellator be able to sway Cerrone in their direction? Let us know in the comment section what you think &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; should do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC veteran Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone has had his gripes with pay in the UFC. Now that the fan favorite has just finished the last fight on his UFC contract, there are some rumblings that Bellator MMA is offering &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; a big raise to jump ship. 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