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My God this Donald Cerrone.
Just two years ago, we were all wondering if "Cowboy" was destined to spend the rest of his career at the UFC to feed an increasingly violent pack of promising wolves. Now, refocused and back to 155 pounds where he belongs, he is again the hunter stalking his prey. On Saturday night, he had a difficult start to win a clear victory over UFC Ottawa's tough Al Iaquinta (see highlights here).
This sudden career revival seems to have also sparked a new appreciation from fans. At 36, Cerrone has been entertaining us for over a decade. And if our own fuzzy memories of WEC events on Versus may not do justice to this legacy, the book of accounts certainly does.
Here is where he is now.
This fight against Iaquinta allowed "Cowboy" to win the greatest number of reversals in the history of the UFC (20). The two reversals against "Ragin 'Al" pushed him ahead of Anderson Silva and Jeremy Stephens.
Cerrone also achieved a personal best, with 138 significant strikes against Iaquinta. His previous best. This places him in 4th place for the most significant strikes (1450)
He now ranks 4th in the history of the UFC with a career of 1,450 significant strikes. Frankie Edgar (1463) and Michael Bisping (1567), No. 3, is only a short stop. Good luck catching # 1 Max Holloway though (1808).
He holds the record for the highest number of UFC victories in the history of promotions (23). This gives him a comfortable lead over the guys in a tie for third place (20): Georges St. Pierre, Michael Bisping and Demian Maia. Of these three, only Maia is still in active competition. His biggest threat in the long run: Jon Jones, who has his third place tied for fourth place with 18 wins.
Cerrone holds the record for the number of finishes in the history of the UFC (16), beating Vitor Belfort and 14 seconds by Anderson Silva. No other active UFC fighter is in the rankings of it.
Performance price? Yes, he also won the most of these victories (17). He is second for most performance bonuses (7), behind Charles Oliveira (8), and would be the first if you counted the performance bonuses he earned when they were called KO and Sub bonuses (5 more, so 12).
Cerrone is still second for most UFC fights (31), behind Jim Miller (32). This fight against Iaquinta allowed him to come out of a tie for second place with Jeremy Stephens (30).
Not bad for an old man indeed. And given the new conduct of "Papa Cerrone", who knows how many other records will be beaten before hanging up his worn gloves?
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