Donald Cerrone Caps Off A Wild UFC Fight Night: Austin With A First-Round Finish Of Yancy Medeiros

Buzzer Beater! Cowboy Cerrone crumbles Yancy Medeiros right at the end of the first round for the win! #UFCAustin https://t.co/FNKDO2M4PZ

— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) February 19, 2018

For the first time in his career, Donald Cerrone is riding a three-fight losing streak. It’s an especially astonishing run considering Cowboy won 12 out of 13 fights leading up to his losses to Jorge Masvidal, Darren Till, and Robbie Lawler, but time defeats all men, and some think Cowboy’s busy fighting schedule has caught up to him.

But now he starts his 2018 slate clean with a dominating performance over Yancy Medeiros. The fight started quickly as expected, but the exchanges always went Cowboy’s way, with multi-shot combos rocking Medeiros and sending him to the mat multiple times before another combo rocked the Hawaiian and Herb Dean stepped in.

After the fight, Medeiros left the cage to hug Cowboy’s grandma, then Cowboy complained she got a louder crowd response than him. Who knew that a decade into Cowboy’s history-making career, his gimmick would include the audience’s love for his grandma. This is As Real As It Gets™.

Now Cerrone is tied for the most wins and most finishes in UFC history. Considering GSP and Michael Bisping (who are tied for most wins) are on the way out of the sport, Cerrone could widen the gap in his sure-fire UFC Hall of Fame career. But, will he ever get that belt?