Donald Ceroni vs Joe Lauzo
Antonina Shepchenko vs Kotney Cathy
The UFC Fighting Night 208 tournament, which will take place on April 30, has identified a high-profile lightweight duel, with "Cowboy" Donald Celoni vs. Joe Lauzo.
Donald Ceroni (36-16, 10 K, 17 S, 2 N) is 38 years old and has a height of 185cm arm span of 185cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2006, winning the ROF Lightweight Championship that year, joining the UFC in 2011 with a (13-3, 1 N) result and two consecutive wins, and has achieved a (23-13) result in the UFC so far. Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, who challenged former UFC lightweight champion in 2015, was sadly defeated by the TKO in the first set. At the end of 2018, he began to win three consecutive games, with Mike Perry in the first set, Alexander Hernandez in the second set and Al Iaquinta in the second set. However, he recently suffered a career 5-game losing streak and 1 no-show, losing by Tony Ferguson in the second set TKO, Justin Gaethje in the first TKO, Conor McGregor in the first 40-second TKO, an anthony Pettis, and Niko Price) was cut to nowhere after a draw and was just defeated by Alex Morono's first TKO in May last year.
Joe Lauzo (28-15, 9 K, 17 S) is 37 years old and has a height of 178cm with an arm span of 182cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2004, winning the Combat Zone Lightweight Championship and defending title once that year, the Mass Destruction Lightweight Championship in 2005, the WFL championship in 2006, and then joining the UFC with a (13-3) result and three consecutive wins, and has achieved (15-12) results in the UFC so far. In july 2016, TKO Diego Sanchez lost to Jim Miller in the first set. A divisive victory over Marcin Held in January 2017 followed by a career three-game losing streak, losing to Stevie Ray in April, Clay Guida in the first TKO in November and Chris Gruetzemacher in the second TKO in 2018. Just in the first leg in October 2019 TKO Jonathan Pearce.
There was also a high-profile women's showdown in the tournament, with Antonina Shepchenko (9-4, 3 K, 1 S) against Cotteni Cathy (10-9, 3 K, 4 S).
Match Match Chart:
Lightweight Competition:
Donald Cerrone vs. Joe Lauzon
Women's FlyWeight Competition:
Antonina Shevchenko vs. Cortney Casey
Gina Mazany vs. Shanna Young
Flyweight Competition:
Daniel da Silva vs. Francisco Figueiredo
Mike Breeden vs. Natan Levy
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