![]() Helwani: I noticed him go for the front kick to the face there, did you see that as well? “These guys are my friends too, I’m just teachin em, but they’re my friends too.” Here’s a partial transcript of his interview with Ariel Helwani after the fight: I don’t want to take Seagal-Kun out of context, but he did repeat the “friend” thing like three times. Recently, Seagal showed up to UFC 139 to watch Jon Jones, whom Seagal calls “a friend,” despite Jones declining Seagal’s offer to train him before the fight. But credit where credit’s due, he did get sort-of thanked by both Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva, for sort of kinda teaching them a kick they mostly already knew. Maurice Greene vs.Nothing entertains me more than Steven Seagal’s wild claims, like having invented the front kick, or correctly predicting every UFC fight. With the addition of this welterweight scrap, the updated lineup for UFC Vegas 26 includes the following bouts: At 38 years old, Cowboy can’t afford to make it a sixth straight fight without a victory otherwise, this could be the final fight of his remarkably durable Zuffa run that dates back to 2007 under the WEC umbrella. After losing to Price, White expressed uncertainty about Cerrone’s future in the UFC. Prior to that, he had lost four consecutive fights. In his most recent bout, Cerrone was in a no-contest against Niko Price. He will look for a better result against Cerrone to bounce back from his decision loss to Pettis last December.ĭonald Cerrone has not fought since September 2020, which by his standards is an extremely long layoff. In his most recent bout, Morono faced another veteran of the game, Anthony Pettis, in what was Pettis’ final UFC bout. ![]() A hard-nosed competitor like Cerrone, Morono has only been finished twice in his professional career and only once in the UFC. Morono is a five-year veteran of the UFC and has an overall promotional record of 7-4. ![]() Cerrone was originally intended to fight Diego Sanchez in what was going to be the farewell bout for Sanchez, but Sanchez was abruptly released after a falling out between UFC management and Sanchez’s team.Ĭerrone won’t have an easy replacement in Morono, who is the winner of four of his last six fights. As of this writing, there still is no official main event for the UFC Vegas 26 card, as the targeted bout between Marina Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson is currently experiencing some logistical obstacles. Marcell Dorff of MMA DNA broke the news of the replacement on Monday, shortly after Giga Chikadze volunteered to replace Sanchez to fight Cerrone in the main event. Donald Cerrone has a new opponent this Saturday at UFC Vegas 26, Alex “The Great White” Morono. ![]()
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