UFC fighter Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, and just 15 days after a victory in Las Vegas, earned a unanimous but close decision victory over Benson Henderson at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Fight Night card in Boston on Sunday night.
Cerrone (27-7) won a seventh consecutive fight. The Denver-native mixed-martial arts fighter entered ranked No. 3 in the UFC’s lightweight division.
In a measured, tactical bout, Cerrone earned two takedowns of Henderson (21-5). Cerrone also caught the Colorado Springs native with a high kick to the chin in the first round.
Henderson kept Cerrone at a distance with repeated kicks to the thighs.
“I couldn’t unload like I wanted to,” Cerrone said in his in-ring interview.
But Cerrone eked out a 29-28 advantage on all three judge’s cards.
