{"id":298474,"date":"2019-01-17T07:53:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=298474"},"modified":"2019-01-17T07:53:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:53:31","slug":"donald-cerrone-updates-on-rumored-conor-mcgregor-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/donald-cerrone-updates-on-rumored-conor-mcgregor-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Cerrone updates on rumored Conor McGregor fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Saturday, when the UFC debuts <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.zlbu.net\/c\/1359581\/566982\/9070\">on ESPN+,<\/a> Donald Cerrone returns to our screens for a fan friendly matchup with rising lightweight contender Alexander Hernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before this matchup with Hernandez was announced, it briefly sounded as though Donald Cerrone could be the man to welcome former UFC lightweight and featherweight champ Conor McGregor back to the Octagon \u2014 although the rumors of this fight never evolved into reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the sounds of it, however, Cerrone is still working on making this fight with Conor McGregor happen \u2014 perhaps as soon as his next trip to the cage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working for it, for sure,\u201d Cerrone said ahead of his fight with Hernandez (via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/01\/ufc-on-espn-1-plus-donald-cerrone-path-ufc-title-conor-mcgregor\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cHopefully the next fight. Conor\u2019s his own beast. He gets to dictate the spot what he wants, so it\u2019s whether me and the UFC agree, it\u2019s all kind of on him. He did a good job of cementing himself, so it\u2019s all on him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Cerrone last fought in November, when he defeated &#8220;Platinum&#8221; Mike Perry via first-round submission in the welterweight division. After this victory, Cerrone announced his intention to return to the lightweight division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conor McGregor last fought in October, in the main event of the record-breaking UFC 229 pay-per-view, losing via fourth-round submission to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event. This was the Irish superstar&#8217;s first fight in the cage since November of 2016, when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight belt. 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