Two of the best lightweights in the world are about to scrap less than a month off, and here are my ideas with this brilliant matchup between two of the most exciting fighters on the UFC roster.
Tony Ferguson vs. Donald Cerrone, UFC 238 A lightweight matchup between Tony Ferguson and Donald Cerrone has been added to UFC 238, which takes place June 8 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. ESPN first reported that the matchup, which arrived together on very short notice after Ferguson was recently cleared to fight again by the UFC, who wanted to beef up its upcoming PPV crd at Chicago.
Ferguson (24-3) is 14-1 overall in the UFC and is currently riding an impressive 11-fight win streak, which is one of the greatest winning streaks of any active UFC fighter. Ferguson is coming off of a huge TKO win over Anthony Pettis in among 2018’s top struggles back at UFC 229, but has not fought yet in 2019 because of accidents and personal troubles. He had been recently cleared by physicians and by the UFC to come back to the cage, and the game is better off with him as he’s an amazing fighter who always puts on amazing fights for the fans. Ferguson was waiting a long time to get a title shot at 155lbs but has not got one to this stage. However, if he could go out there and beat Cerrone in remarkable style, it would not be possible for the UFC matchmakers to pass giving him a title shot. With UFC lightweight winner Khabib Nurmagomedov likely fighting interim champ Dustin Poirier at September at UFC 242 to combine the straps, Ferguson could have a good argument to resist the winner of that bout.
Cerrone (36-11, 1 NC) is 23-8, 1 NC from the Octagon and is the winningest fighter in UFC history. Though he’s 36 today, Cerrone is arguably fighting the highest clip of his career to date as he’s coming off of three straight upset wins over Mike Perry, Alex Hernandez and Al Iaquinta, the latter two coming from the lightweight division. Though the struggle with Iaquinta happened only last ditch, Cerrone took small damage in that fight and as soon as the chance to fight Ferguson on brief notice came up he had to take it. We all know Cerrone is always eager to fight anybody, everywhere, so maybe it is not surprising to see him struggle Ferguson in only a couple of weeks, though it’s likely to be a difficult struggle as Ferguson is a stud.
This is a tremendous fight, and one which should very popular amongst sports bettors. Although Cerrone has seemed great since moving down to lightweight, he was still the gambling underdog in his last and I don’t find any reason why he wouldn’t be a dog again to Ferguson, who’s on such a long win streak. The oddsmakers agree with me, since they recently opened the odds for the struggle, with Ferguson launching as a -245 favorite with the comeback on Cerrone in +175. Personally, I believe the line needs to be a bit tighter, but Ferguson deserves to be the betting favourite no matter.
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