Donald Ceroni vs Joe Lauzo
Charles Oliveira vs Justin Geiki
Glover Teixeira vs Giri Prohazca
Boragoi Ivanov vs Marcos Rogerio de Rimal
Messi Chasson vs Norma Dumont
The "Cowboy" Donald Ceroni match against Joe Lauzo was previously reported to be held at the end of April, and now the showdown has been postponed to UFC 274 on May 8, Beijing time.
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.
The tournament was the grand finale of two UFC official gold belt title battles, with current UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira (32-8, 9 K, 20 S, 1 N) against former interim champion Justin Geiki (23-3, 19 K, 1 S) against top challenger former interim champion. Current UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira (33-7, 18 K, 10 S) against challenger Giri Prohazka (28-3-1, 25 K, 2 S).
Other line-ups include American Women's Messi Chasen (7-2, 2 K, 2 S) vs. Brazilian Women's Norma Dumont (7-1, 0 K, 2 S). Bulgarian striker Boragoi Ivanov (18-4, 6 K, 6 S, 1 N) against Brazil's Marcos Rogerio de Rema (19-7-1, 14 K, 2 S).
Match Match Chart:
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament:
Glover Teixeira (#c) vs. Jiri Prochazka (#2)
UFC Lightweight Championship Tournament:
Charles Oliveira (#c) vs. Justin Gaethje (#1)
Women's Featherweight Competition:
Macy Chiasson (#10) vs. Norma Dumont (#15)
Heavyweight Competition:
Blagoy Ivanov (#13) vs. Marcos Rogério de Lima
Lightweight Competition:
Donald Cerrone vs. Joe Lauzon
Women's GrassWeight Competition:
Ariane Carnelossi vs. Lupita Godinez
Flyweight Competition:
C.J. Vergara Vergara) vs. Kleydson Rodrigues
Past interviews
Directed by Li Ke
Kung Fu star Li Bingyuan Jackie Chan female disciple Xu Dongmei