The bout was made official Wednesday night at UFC.com.
“Days after Donald Cerrone replaced an injured John Makdessi on the Milwaukee fight card, Makdessi’s original opponent Paul Taylor has also been injured.”
“Charles Oliveira, fresh off his Fight of the Night performance June 26, will step in to fight Donald Cerrone on August 14. Cerrone – no stranger to Fight of the Night bonuses himself – also turned in a dominant win in June, his at UFC 131 over Vagner Rocha.”
UFC on Versus 5 (aka UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle) is scheduled to take place on Aug. 14 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and represents the first UFC event held in that state. The Cerrone vs. Oliveira bout will likely stay on the preliminary card and will likely lead into the Versus televised event on a Facebook video stream.
Cerrone has won four straight since his last loss, a WEC lightweight title loss to former champ Ben Henderson in April of 2010. So far ‘Cowboy’ has won both of his UFC bouts, earning a one-sided affair against late replacement Vagner Rocha at UFC 131, and earning a second round submission win over Paul Kelly at UFC 126 in February. The win over Kelly earned both fighters the “Fight of the Night” bonus, the sixth such bonus under Zuffa owned promotions.
Oliveira is coming off a “No Contest” decision against Nik Lentz last month at the UFC on Versus 4 card in Pittsburgh. Oliveira landed an illegal knee to Lentz head in the second round, which was missed by the referee, allowing the Brazilian to secure a rear-naked choke submission. Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission execs who were on hand at the event immediately stated they would look into the result of the fight, eventually overturning the result to a “No Contest”.
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