“FIGHT Night 126” takes center stage today in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) which will feature the headlining fight between welterweights Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Yancy Medeiros.

Happening at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, the event also has as co-main event heavyweight Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis (#7) versus Marcin “Tybur” Tybura (#9).

Number 11 welterweight contender Cerrone enters the bout out to overturn a three-fight losing streak, all coming in last year.

His last victory came in December 2016 over Matt Brown where he won by knockout (head kick) in the third round.

Mr. Cerrone (32-10) said he is in an “unfamiliar territory” by having lost three straight but he remains undeterred by it and is determined to bounce back come fight night. On the other end, Mr. Medeiros (15-4-1) is currently on a roll, having won three straight contests all by stoppage.

His last victory came last December over Alex Oliveira by way of technical knockout (punches) in the third round.

Prior to that, he defeated Erick Silva by TKO (punches) in the second round and Sean Spencer by submission (rear-naked choke) also in the second round.

Other scheduled fights in the main card of UFC Fight Night 126: Cowboy vs. Medeiros are lightweight James “The Texecutioner” Vick (#12) versus Francisco “Massaranduba” Trinaldo (#14), welterweight Thiago “Pitbull” Alves against Curtis “Curtious” Millender, featherweight Steven “Ocho” Peterson vs. Brandon “Killer B” Davis, and lightweight Sage “Super” Northcutt against Thibault “GT” Gouti.

UFC Fight Night 126: Cowboy vs. Medeiros will be shown live today, beginning at 10 a.m. over Hyper Ch. 91 in SD or 261 in HD on Cignal TV. Encore telecast is at 6 p.m. on the same day.

In the Philippines, Cignal TV, the country’s foremost direct-to-home (DTH) company, is the home of the UFC after the two groups agreed to an extensive deal that will see the UFC beamed on various platforms. — Michael Angelo S. Murillo

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