Cerrone is injured and fight against Robbie Lawler is removed from UFC 213

Cerrone will no longer fight at UFC 213 (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram DonaldCerrone)

The UFC 213 card, which will be held on July 8, in Las Vegas (USA), suffered an important loss. The welterweight Donald Cerrone got injured and left the fight against Robbie Lawler, which would take place on the main card of the event. The organization's intention is to reschedule the duel for UFC 214, which takes place on July 29, in Anaheim (USA). The information is from the North American website 'MMA Fighting'.

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This is the second time that the fight between the two fighters has been cancelled. They were scheduled to face each other at UFC 205 in November 2016, but it was canceled after the former welterweight champion alleged personal problems.

Cerrone, 34 years old, challenged for the lightweight division belt (70 kg) in December 2015, and was run over by the then champion, Rafael dos Anjos. After that, he moved up a category and recorded four victories, against Alex Cowboy, Patrick Côté and Matt Brown, but was knocked out by Jorge masvidal in his last performance, in January of this year.

Lawler, 35, was champion of the 77 kg division between 2014 and 2016, with successful defenses against Rory McDonald e Carlos Condit. In July 2016, however, the American was dethroned from his post after being knocked out by Tyron woodley still in the first round. Since then, Robbie has not fought again.

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