{"id":202194,"date":"2016-08-27T08:04:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T15:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202194"},"modified":"2016-08-27T08:04:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T15:04:44","slug":"photo-donald-cowboy-cerrone-earns-bjj-black-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/photo-donald-cowboy-cerrone-earns-bjj-black-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO | Donald &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; Cerrone earns BJJ black belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fan favorite UFC fighter Donald Cerrone, who is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-202-results\/clip-cowboy-cerrone-tkos-rick-story-ufc-202\/\">fresh off a spectacular welterweight win over Rick Story at UFC 202<\/a> this past weekend, recently earned his BJJ black belt.<\/p>\n<p>Cerrone, who has won 16 of his 31 professional MMA wins by way of submission, posted about getting his black belt on Instagram:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJjk407h3sf\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">After a full night of getting my ass tapped out @firemarshall205 surprised me with my Black Belt. Thanks you @eastontc<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Donald Cerrone (@cowboycerrone) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-26T02:54:33+00:00\">Aug 25, 2016 at 7:54pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So far no word yet on when Cerrone will return to the Octagon, however <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/donald-cerrone-signs-new-ufc-contract\/\">knowing &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; it will be sooner rather than later.<\/a> With that being said, UFC President Dana White has stated that he would like to see Cerrone continue to fight at welterweight rather than lightweight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fan favorite UFC fighter Donald Cerrone, who is fresh off a spectacular welterweight win over Rick Story at UFC 202 this past weekend, recently earned his BJJ black belt. 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