Joe Lauzon injured, fight at UFC on ESPN 37 vs. Donald Cerrone off again
AUSTIN – Once again, the bout between Joe Lauzon and Donald Cerrone will not take place.
The lightweight bout initially scheduled to take place a month ago at UFC 274 has once again fallen apart just hours before the second attempt at making the fight happen at UFC on ESPN 37. The first booking was scrapped due to Cerrone becoming ill on fight day. This time, Lauzon’s left knee locked up on him after official weigh-ins on Friday.
MMA Junkie confirmed the news following an initial report from Ariel Helwani. UFC later sent a press release confirming the bout’s cancellation.
Lauzon also explained the situation on his fight week vlog.
“So, I’m not fighting Cowboy Cerrone tonight,” Lauzon said in a video posted to Instagram. “The freakiest, weirdest thing ever. I weigh in officially, everything’s fine, I go to sit down in the chairs where all the fighters are, and I go to put my socks on. … I turn my knee out, and my knee locks up.”
A non-participant in Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins, the message relayed was Lauzon was dealing with cramps. As a result, Cerrone took the stage by himself.
“The reason I didn’t go to weigh-ins yesterday was not because of cramps, that was kind of the story because they don’t want to sell me out,” Lauzon said. “I literally can’t put any weight on my left leg. Like, none. We tried doing an injection, tried to help it out to num it a little bit to move and manipulate it a little bit better, that didn’t help. Literally, I can’t stand.”
UFC on ESPN 37 which is headlined by a featherweight matchup between Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett will proceed with 13 total fights. The event takes place at the Moody Center, with the main card airing on ESPN/ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2/ESPN+.
Joe Lauzon injured, fight at UFC on ESPN 37 vs. Donald Cerrone off again
