{"id":248746,"date":"2017-09-07T05:27:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T12:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=248746"},"modified":"2017-09-07T05:27:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T12:27:10","slug":"report-donald-cerrone-return-ufc-gdansk-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/report-donald-cerrone-return-ufc-gdansk-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Donald Cerrone to return in UFC Gdansk main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has been looking for a main event for its October 21 return to Poland for some time. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/thiago-santos\/report-ufc-fight-night-118-surprising-headliner-thiago-santos-takes-debuting-polish-star\/\">For a moment<\/a>, it looked as though that main event would pit Brazilian middleweight knockout artist Thiago Santos against debuting Polish star. Unfortunately, that proposed main event fell through. Now, it seems, the promotion is close to locking down a replacement main event, and it involves all-action welterweight star Donald Cerrone. According to reports from <a href=\"http:\/\/mmauno.com\/donald-cerrone-vs-darren-till-works-ufc-gdansk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAUno.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talkmma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TalkMMA<\/a> on Twitter, a bout between Cerrone and rising British striker Darren Till is being discussed as the card&#8217;s main event.<\/p>\n<p>When we last saw Cerrone in action, he lost a controversial decision to former welterweight champion and fellow action fighter Robbie Lawler. This loss was preceded by an <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/dana-white-forced-donald-cerrone-sit-jorge-masvidal-ko\/\">upset knockout loss <\/a>to the surging <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/jorge-masvidal\/\">Jorge Masvidal<\/a>. Prior to these back to back losses, Cerrone went 4-0 at welterweight, trashing Alex Oliveira, Patrick Cote, Rick Story and Matt Brown to establish himself as a legitimate contender in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Till, meanwhile, is undefeated as a pro. At 15-0-1, his lone hiccup was a 2015 draw with Nicolas Dalby. When we last saw the British striker in action, he dominated\u00a0Bojan Veli\u010dkovi\u0107 at UFC Rotterdam. Prior to this win, he scored a May decision win over Jessin Ayari. After to his win in Rotterdam, Till called for a striking battle with surging Argentine contender Santiago Ponzinibbio. Cerrone is sure to register as an acceptable consolation prize for him.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the other fights currently confirmed for UFC Gdansk:<\/p>\n<p>Jan B\u0142achowicz \u00a0vs.\u00a0 Devin Clark<br \/>\nArtem Lobov \u00a0vs.\u00a0 Andre Fili<br \/>\nDmitry Smolyakov \u00a0vs.\u00a0 Adam Wieczorek<br \/>\nRamazan Emeev \u00a0vs.\u00a0 Trevor Smith<br \/>\nJonathan Wilson \u00a0vs.\u00a0 Oskar Piechota<br \/>\nBrian Kelleher \u00a0vs.\u00a0 Damian Stasiak<br \/>\nMarcin Held \u00a0vs.\u00a0 Teemu Packal\u00e9n<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Donald Cerrone will get back on track with a win over Darren Till?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/7\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has been looking for a main event for its October 21 return to Poland for some time. For a moment, it looked as though that main event would pit Brazilian middleweight knockout artist Thiago Santos against debuting Polish star. Unfortunately, that proposed main event fell through. Now, it seems, the promotion is close [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":237831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report: Donald Cerrone to return in UFC Gdansk main event | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/report-donald-cerrone-return-ufc-gdansk-main-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report: Donald Cerrone to return in UFC Gdansk main event | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UFC has been looking for a main event for its October 21 return to Poland for some time. 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