{"id":325168,"date":"2019-09-12T07:12:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325168"},"modified":"2019-09-12T07:12:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:12:56","slug":"donald-cerrone-believes-nurmagomedov-is-next-if-he-beats-justin-gaethje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/donald-cerrone-believes-nurmagomedov-is-next-if-he-beats-justin-gaethje\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Cerrone believes Nurmagomedov is next if he beats Justin Gaethje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fan favorite UFC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone believes Justin Gaethje is the only opponent standing between him and the undefeated lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone is scheduled to fight &#8220;The Highlight&#8221; this weekend at UFC Vancouver. The highly anticipated matchup is a chance for Cerrone to recover from his last fight: a doctor&#8217;s stoppage loss against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-238-results-tony-ferguson-defeats-donald-cerrone-via-doctor-stoppage-highlights\/\">Tony Ferguson at UFC 238<\/a>. With a significant 36 wins under his belt, Cerrone believes he has what it takes to fight Nurmagomedov for the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter I beat Gaethje, there\u2019s nobody else (except Nurmagomedov),&#8221; Cerrone said during an interview at the UFC Vancouver open workouts (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/09\/donald-cerrone-ufc-on-espn-16-bmf-belt-justin-gaethje-knockout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). &#8220;That\u2019s it, there is no one in front of me. I do want to fight in December though. I\u2019ll have to take a little 155 break go to 170, we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cerrone is the type of fighter who always likes to be busy and, as he says, he is open to taking a welterweight fight in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the coin, Khabib Nurmagomedov is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-dagestan-goes-wild-after-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\">revelling<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khabib-nurmagomedov-win-draws-massive-viewership-numbers-in-russia\/\">success<\/a> of his 28th win against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-242-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-submits-dustin-poirier-highlights\/\">Dustin Poirier at UFC 242<\/a>. He is now looking for a legacy fight and is hoping he can get Georges St Pierre out of retirement to fight it out. If not, there have been hints of a Tony Ferguson fight or Conor McGregor rematch, but his manager has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/manager-denies-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-is-next\/\">dismissed these claims<\/a> and is focused on &#8216;GSP&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>If Donald Cerrone gets the victory over Justin Gaethje, who would you like to see him fight next? Let us know in the comments below.<\/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\/12\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fan favorite UFC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone believes Justin Gaethje is the only opponent standing between him and the undefeated lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov. &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone is scheduled to fight &#8220;The Highlight&#8221; this weekend at UFC Vancouver. The highly anticipated matchup is a chance for Cerrone to recover from his last fight: a doctor&#8217;s stoppage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":301142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10134,10114,39610,55241],"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>Donald Cerrone believes Nurmagomedov is next if he beats Justin Gaethje | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Donald Cerrone believes a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov makes sense if he topples Justin Gaethje at UFC Vancouver this weekend.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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