Donald Cerrone was a regular challenger for the WEC lightweight championship and now that he is in the UFC he was looking to make some waves against veteran Paul Kelly. Cerrone is known as a slow starter and that played out in this fight as well.
UFC 126 Results - Donald Cerrone Submits Paul Kelly
The fight got started with an odd moment as Kelly and Cerrone went to touch gloves before Kelly pulled back and landed a hard punch. Cerrone wasn’t hurt and got a quick takedown before they ended up back in the stand-up. Kelly was getting the better of the stand-up for the first part of the round before eventually being taken back down. Cerrone landed a hard elbow that opened a nasty cut above Kelly’s eye.
The second round was similar as Kelly was doing well in the stand-up but got taken down again. This time Cerrone moved to mount where he unloaded with punches. Cerrone moved to the back and locked in a body triangle. From there it was a few punches and Cerrone locked up the rear naked choke to force the submission.
Cerrone is a long way from the UFC championship picture and he needs to shore up his stand-up defense but this is a nice first win for him.
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