UFC Fight Night Pittsburgh, headlined by the UFC weltweright clash of the Cowboys, Alex Oliveira and Donald Cerrone from Consol .Energy Center in Pittsburgh. It was a battle of cowboy vs cowboy.
The good news: he called. Or, at least his matchmaker did.
A lot of fighters believe they belong in the UFC. Even with some top-level pros either moving to or staying put in other promotions like Bellator or the World Series of Fighting, Zuffa LLC’s bread and butter is still the most widely followed and highly regarded promotion in professional combat sports. However, for every fighter that may belong there, there are dozens that aren’t quite at that level.
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When a relatively young, 27-year-old fighter continuously pines for a spot in the big show, it’s not unusual for people to largely ignore him, write him off, or even go so far as to sit on their keyboards and lob social-media insults at him. The louder a guy gets, the more the trolls awake. But, every once in a while, there truly is a diamond lying in the rough.