A stacked UFC 141 card, which will take place Saturday, December 30, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, will include a pivotal fight at 155lbs between division front-runners Nate Diaz and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone. UFC officials confirmed Monday that verbal agreements were in place for the bout.
Diaz (14-7-0) made his return to the lightweight ranks at UFC 135, where he handily defeated Japanese star Takanori Gomi via first round submission (armbar). The bout followed an up and down run at 170lbs that saw the Cesar Gracie black-belt post a 2-2 record with wins over Rory Markham and Marcus Davis before dropping consecutive decisions to Dong Hyun Kim and Rory MacDonald respectively. In twenty-one professional fight Diaz has been stopped only once inside the distance with ten submission wins on record, but has dropped six of seven bouts that have gone to decision. Mixing in an effective blend of boxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Diaz is without question one of the division's best finshers.
A WEC cross-over, "Cowboy" Donald Cerrone (17-3-0) has terrorized the UFC lightweight ranks since being introduced to the promotion in 2011. 4-0 since his debut against Paul Kelly at UFC 126, Cerrone has finished three of four opponents inside the octagon and looks to make it seven straight wins this December. Representing Jackson's MMA, two of "Cowboy's" three career losses have come at the hands of Ben "Smooth" Henderson under the WEC banner. Cerrone owns thirteen wins by way of submission and brings technical Muay Thai skills coupled with an aggressive Jiu Jitsu attack to the table.
Confirmed bouts for UFC 141 are below:
Matchups:
Brock Lesnar (No. 5 HW) vs. Alistair Overeem (No. 3 HW)
Jon Fitch (No. 2 WW, No. 5 PFP) vs. Johny Hendricks (No. 10 WW)
Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez
Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone
Manny Gamburyan vs. Diego Nunes
Sean Pierson vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Junior Assuncao vs. Ross Pearson
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Jacob Volkmann vs. T.J. Grant
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