Dana White confirms Cowboy Cerrone vs Robbie Lawler for UFC 205

Joe Silva certainly isn't messing about in his final few months before retirement.

The UFC matchmaker has truly outdone himself with the latest fight on which pen has reportedly met paper. Early on Wednesday, strong rumours began circulating that Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero and Al Iaquinta vs. Thiago Alves were the first pair of bouts to be allotted a spot on the huge UFC 205 card that takes place in Madison Square Garden on November 12. Both fights would be great, competitive contests with potentially major implications on the rankings at both middleweight and lightweight. But the fight seemingly confirmed by Dana White later on that afternoon has trumped both of the above bouts. Ahead of this weekend's card in Cleveland, the UFC president told Ohio-based sports reporter Anthony Lima that Donald Cerone would be taking on former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in New York. https://twitter.com/SportsBoyTony/status/773549127070351360 Cerrone maintained his perfect record at 170lbs, since moving up after he came unstuck in his shot at the lightweight title, when he stopped welterweight stalwart Rick Story at UFC 202 three weeks ago. It was his third finish in as many fights and earned him number seven slot in the most recent welterweight rankings. Lawler, meanwhile, is looking to rebound after losing the title when he was brutally knocked out by reigning champ Tyron Woodley in July. There are certain fights that are just guaranteed to entertain and given the fan-friendly styles of both men, we'd firmly place this tilt into that category. It's safe to say that the booking was received warmly by fight fans. https://twitter.com/patrick_cote/status/773556915876007936 https://twitter.com/AllThatMMA/status/773555073691549696 https://twitter.com/GrabakaHitman/status/773556647620931584 https://twitter.com/HelenYeeSports/status/773557844763226112 https://twitter.com/JayRussellMMA/status/773558208317181952 https://twitter.com/KieranF_/status/773558783465381888 https://twitter.com/bdentrek/status/773559721013850112 https://twitter.com/IamAntonRecto/status/773560328948809728 https://twitter.com/Herrerainho21/status/773560742272466944 https://twitter.com/MattNugent1886/status/773560786123882496 https://twitter.com/bcwilloww/status/773560805463908352 https://twitter.com/Kyle_Dana/status/773562304680103936 https://twitter.com/christoplack/status/773561544353288192 https://twitter.com/Master_love007/status/773561523067166720 Read more: