How did we get to Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone at UFC 246? Check out this timeline of all the key moments that led to McGregor and “Cowboy” sharing the octagon in the welterweight pay-per-view headliner on Jan. 18 in Las Vegas. * * * * Jan. 16, 2015: Cerrone’s first words on McGregor After McGregor defeated Dustin Poirier at UFC 178 and Cerrone beat Eddie Alvarez on the same card in September 2014, both men once again landed on the same show at UFC Fight Night 59 in January 2015, with McGregor taking on Dennis Siver in the main event while Cerrone faced Benson Henderson in the co-headliner
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Years in the making: How we got to Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 – MMA Junkie