Dana White: Donald Cerrone Will Get Another Fight in the UFC

It looks like Donald Cerrone will receive another opportunity to step into the Octagon.

UFC president Dana White confirmed to TSN that the popular veteran will get another fight in the promotion following a first-round technical knockout loss to Alex Morono in the UFC on ESPN 24 co-main event this past Saturday night. Cerrone was originally slated to face Diego Sanchez in a 170-pound bout on the card, but plans changed when “The Ultimate Fighter 1” winner was released from the promotion shortly before the event.

“‘Cowboy’ again steps up, Diego falls out of the fight, he steps up and takes a last-minute replacement, co-main event. What he wants to do – he accepted the Diego fight because they both said they would fight at 170,” White said. “He wants to move down to [155] and get another fight, and I’m going to let him do that.”

Cerrone is winless in his last six UFC appearances and has been finished in four of those fights. White confirmed that the BMF Ranch founder’s next bout would be a must-win situation. After the loss to Morono on Saturday, Cerrone said he would prefer to exit the sport on his own terms — and he isn’t ready to be done just yet.

“Absolutely not. No way. I’ll never go out like this,” Cerrone said in a post-fight interview with ESPN. “I will, 100 percent I’ll know and I’ll come in and s—t hopefully I go in whipping ass right off. There’s no way I’d end like this. I couldn’t let my legacy end like this.

“But I’ll call the boss man and say ‘hey man, I know it’s been a rough couple years but when it’s time, let me bow out right.’”