{"id":209253,"date":"2016-11-03T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=209253"},"modified":"2016-11-03T11:52:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T18:52:21","slug":"donald-cerrone-eyeing-fight-demian-maia-ufc-205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/donald-cerrone-eyeing-fight-demian-maia-ufc-205\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Cerrone eyeing fight with Demian Maia after UFC 205"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Cerrone may have spent most of his UFC career as a top ranked lightweight, however Cerrone has recently been on a tear of the UFC’s welterweight division as he has gone 3-0 over the course of 2016. In his welterweight debut, Cerrone submitted Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira before making it 2-0 when he became the first man to TKO Patrick Cote<\/a> during ‘UFC Fight Night: Ottawa’. Most recently, Cerrone stepped into the Octagon against Rick Story at UFC 202 back in August, delivering a spectacular highlight reel TKO<\/a> to earn himself the #6 ranking on the UFC’s official rankings.<\/p>\n

\"Cerrone<\/a><\/p>\n

With welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and #2 ranked welterweight Stephen Thompson currently set to fight at UFC 205<\/a> on November 12th, and Cerrone currently booked to fight #5 ranked Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 205, ‘Cowboy’ believes a matchup with #3 ranked Demian Maia<\/a> is in the near future given that #4 ranked Carlos Condit has yet to decide whether he will retire.<\/p>\n

Cerrone spoke during a media luncheon. MMAFighting<\/a> has the scoop:<\/p>\n

“What I really want to do (after UFC 205), which I think makes the most sense right now is Demian Maia,” Cerrone said during a pre-UFC 205 media lunch on Wednesday. “Let’s see if Demian will be ready to fight on December 30th. He’s up there kicking ass, so that’s what I want to fight.”<\/p>\n

“He’s probably the guy to fight next for the title, right? He’s crushing everybody. A lot of those people get scared of people when they’re good. I like it. So, bring that sh-t on.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In typical Donald Cerrone fashion however, ‘Cowboy’ admitted that if the money was right, he would be willing to drop all the way down to featherweight:<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/a><\/p>\n

“Oh man, if the money’s right, I’d damn sure would make 145 (pounds). “No problem. It would suck, but here I am today, this morning, I was 176\/177 pounds, eating whatever I want. So, it’s nice to fight up and heavy, right? For sure.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This isn’t the first time Cerrone has expressed a willingness to make a drastic jump in weight. When discussing his future at welterweight in a recent interview, Cerrone informed fans that he would even be willing to go all the way up to middleweight if the opportunity arose.<\/p>\n

With that being said, Cerrone likely won’t be leaving the welterweight division any time soon given his recent dominance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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