Former two-time welterweight title challenger, Stephen Thompson has supplied former light-weight title chaser, Donald Cerrone a route again to the UFC within the type of a pairing in opposition to himself — urging the Colorado native to think about a matchup if he desires to chorus from a light-weight return.
Thompson, the present quantity eleven ranked welterweight contender, has been sidelined from motion since he confronted off with the surging, Joaquin Buckley at UFC 307 late final 12 months, struggling an eventual third spherical knockout loss to the St. Louis finisher.
As for Cerrone, the previous undisputed light-weight title challenger and Corridor of Fame inductee, hit the headlines in a serious manner final annum in addition, confirming plans to make a return to fight sports activities and enter the Octagon once more for the primary time since his 2022 retirement loss in opposition to Jim Miller of their rematch conflict.
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Stephen Thompson provides Donald Cerrone struggle in UFC return
And formally eyeing a return to the anti-doping testing pool forward of a mooted summer season return to motion, Cerrone has been supplied an fascinating pairing with Simpsonville striker, Thompson — who steered the veterans ought to face off subsequent.
“So maybe I’m thinking April-May time [for a return to the UFC], I think would be cool just because I’m a huge fan of (Donald) Cerrone and he comes from that old school era that I kind of came from almost 13-14 years ago, so it’s cool that he wants to jump back out there,” Stephen Thompson mentioned on the Overdogs Podcast.
“I thought it would be awesome if he doesn’t want to cut the weight to 155, maybe to make that fight at 170, I thought it would be really cool to have two veterans like that step back out there and face off against each other,” Stephen Thompson defined. “But nothing booked yet, but that’s what I’m kind of shooting for, that April-May time.”
